Little Dorrit
“Dickens always mixes commentary with romance and humor, and the enthusiastic Anton Lesser, a master of timing, character, and accent, understands that…Lesser has fun with the comic characters. The listener will laugh out loud as the unrelentingly silly Flora chatters on and on at great speed.”
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William Dorrit has been a resident of the Marshalsea debtors prison for so many years that he has gained a nickname, the “Father of the Marshalsea.” His suffering is eased by his close bond with his youngest daughter Amy, also known as little Dorrit. The dashing Arthur Clennam, after returning to London having spent many years in China, enters their lives, and the Dorrits’ fortunes begin to rise and fall.
Little Dorrit is a biting satirical work on the shortcomings of nineteenth-century government and society.
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