Little Dorrit (1855-1857) explores life in the Marshalsea prison, and the sufferings and deprivations of those who were, like Dickens's own father, imprisoned for debt; the novel presents a variety of imprisonments, including psychological ones. The 20 monthly serial parts appeared between December 1855 and June 1857, with the 19th and 20th installments appearing as a double number. Hablot K. Browne designed the wrapper and provided the illustrations.
and Extent: 20 nos. in 19, xiv, 625 pages, 39 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England)--Fiction, Debt, Imprisonment for--Fiction, Inheritance and succession--Fiction, Fathers and daughters--Fiction, and Children of prisoners--Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities (1859), a fast-paced treatment of the French Revolution, vividly depicts the passions of Madame DeFarge and the other revolutionaries in Paris, and the heroics of Charles Darnay's dark double, Sydney Carton, in London. This novel was published in two different serial forms, virtually simultaneously: it appeared in issues of Dickens’s weekly journal, All the Year Round, from 30 April to 26 November 1859, without illustrations, and it also appeared in eight monthly serial parts appeared between June and December 1859, with the 7th and 8th installments appearing as a double number. The wrapper design and illustrations for the monthly parts are by Hablot K. Browne.
Subject:
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction, Lookalikes--Fiction, Executions and executioners--Fiction, Fathers and daughters--Fiction, and French--England--London--Fiction
Little Dorrit (1855-1857) explores life in the Marshalsea prison, and the sufferings and deprivations of those who were, like Dickens's own father, imprisoned for debt; the novel presents a variety of imprisonments, including psychological ones. The 20 monthly serial parts appeared between December 1855 and June 1857, with the 19th and 20th installments appearing as a double number. Hablot K. Browne designed the wrapper and provided the illustrations. and Extent - 20 nos. in 19, xiv, 625 pages, 39 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Our Mutual Friend (1864-65), a complex and multi-plotted love story, considers closely questions of truth, identity, and wealth, and examines the ways in which character itself can be transformed. The 20 monthly serial parts appeared between May 1864 and November 1865, with the 19th and 20th installments appearing as a double number. Marcus Stone designed the wrapper and provided the illustrations. and 20 nos in 19, 38 plates : 23 cm.
Subject:
Social classes--Fiction, Deception--Fiction, Poor families--Fiction, Inheritance and succession--Fiction, and London (England)--Fiction
Great Expectations (1860-61), narrated by the orphan Pip, offers fascinating explorations of guilt, wealth, passion, time, responsibility, and affection, and presents unforgettable portraits of the ruined Miss Havisham, the cold beauty Miss Estella, and the loving blacksmith Joe Gargery. This novel appeared in issues of Dickens’s weekly journal, All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to 3 August 1861, without illustrations.
Subject:
Ex-convicts--Fiction, Benefactors--Fiction, Orphans--Fiction, Revenge--Fiction, and England--Fiction
