Classic English Novel: Little Dolly (english Version) (set of 6 Volumes in Total)
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LittleDorritisanovelbyCharlesDickenswhichsatirisestheshortcomingsofbothgovernmentandsociety, includingtheinstitutionofdebtorsprisons, wheredebtorswereimprisoned, unabletowork, untiltheyrepaidtheirdebts. TheprisoninthiscaseistheMarshals ea, whereDickens'sownfatherhadbeenimprisoned. Dickensisalsocriticalofthelackofasocialsafetynet, thetreatmentandsafetyofindustrialworkers, aswellthebureaucracyoftheBritishTreasury, intheformofhisfictional"CircumlocutionOffice". Inaddition hesatirisesthestratificationofsocietythatresultsfromtheBritishclasssystem. InhisIntroduction, DavidGatesarguesthat"intensityofimaginationisthegiftfromwhichDickens'sothergreatattributesderive: hiseyeandear, hisnear-universalempathy, hisa bility to enter bothasenseoftheridiculousandasenseofultimatesignificance." Dickenscriticizesthehierarchicalsocietywhichwoulddemandsuchanimpossiblethingofaman, andalsoquestionswhichclassoftheiracquaintancearegoodpeopleandtruefriends.
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