Little Dorrit (BBC Dramatization)
by Charles Dickens
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Author: Charles DickensNarrator: Ian McKellen
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2009-04
ISBN: 1602835616
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Book Reviews of Little Dorrit (BBC Dramatization)
Book Review: As memorable today as it was in Dickens' era
Summary: 5 Stars
Featuring a full-cast performance starring Ian McKellen, Little Dorrit is the audiobook dramatization of Charles Dickens' classic novel about the youngest daughter of debtor William Dorrit. Born into London's Marshalsea Prison, Amy Dorrit is befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs "Little Dorrit" as a seamstress. When an unexpected inheritance is revealed, the lives of the Dorrits take a sharp turn and the family moves to Italy. Meanwhile, Arthur falls prey to fraud and is himself sent to Marshalsea where Little Dorrit finds him - but only when the Dorrit fortune is gone can the two of them to be together again. An enjoyable love story that severely satirizes Victorian England, Little Dorrit remains as memorable today as it was in Dickens' era, and is highly recommended.
Summary of Little Dorrit (BBC Dramatization)
This BBC Radio 4 dramatization starring Sir Ian McKellen recreates the author's mid-19th-Century London. Drawing upon his own father's imprisonment in Marshalsea Debtors' Prison, Dickens placed the institution firmly in the heart of the novel when telling the story of Amy Dorrit. The youngest child of debtor William Dorrit, Amy is born in the Marshalsea prison. She and her father are befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs "little Dorrit" as a seamstress. The fortunes of the Dorrits undergo an extreme change when Williams inherits a fortune, and the family move to Italy. Back in England, Arthur Clennam finds himself the victim of a massive fraud and ends up in Marshalsea. There he is found by Little Dorrit, whose fortune has had no effect on her generosity and humility. Arthur realizes that she loves him, but it is not until the Dorrit fortune is lost that the two of them can be united at last. Peopled with Dickens' usual host of memorable characters, this mix of satire and genuine sentiment has made this one of his best-loved works.Classics Books
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