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ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofLittleDorritbyCharlesDickens.'Youtalkveryeasilyofhours,sir!Howlongdoyousuppose,sir,thatanhouristoamanwhoischokingforwantofair?'Amasterlyevocationofthestateandpsychologyofimprisonment,LittleDorritisoneofthesupremeworksofDickens'smaturity.WhenArthurClennamreturnstoEnglandaftermanyyearsabroad,hetakesakindlyinterestinAmyDorrit,hismother'sseamstress,andintheaffairsofAmy'sfather,amanofshabbygrandeur,longimprisonedfordebtintheMarshalsea.AsArthurdiscovers,thedarkshadowoftheprisonstretchesfarbeyonditswallstoaffectmanylives,fromMrPanks,thereluctantrent-collectorofBleedingHeartYard,toMerdle,anunscrupulousfinancier.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.