Little Dorrit

Thirty years ago there stood . . . in the borough of Southwark . . . theMarshalsea Prison. It had stood there many years before and it remained theresome years ... » 

Thirty years ago there stood . . . in the borough of Southwark . . . theMarshalsea Prison. It had stood there many years before and it remained theresome years afterwards but it is gone now and the world is none the worsewithout it. Charles Dickens Little Dorrit Amy Dorrits father is not verygood with money. She was born in the Marshalsea debtors prison and has livedthere with her family for all of her twentytwo years only leaving during theday to work as a seamstress for the forbidding Mrs. Clennam. But Amys fortunesare about to change the arrival of Mrs. Clennams son Arthur back fromworking in China heralds the beginning of stunning revelations not just aboutAmy but also about Arthur himself. «