One of Dickens's greatest works of social criticism, Little Dorrit's scathing indictment of mid-Victorian England centres on the Marshalsea Prison and the Dorrit family who live there, against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal.

This edition uses the definitive Clarendon text and includes all the original illustrations by Phiz.

Wide-ranging introduction highlights Dickens's move from social and political to more personal, even spiritual concerns while maintaining the wide scope of his mature fiction.

Appendix reproduces Dickens's number plans for the novel.

Map of London.

Up-to-date bibliography and full chronology of the author's life and times.