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...Excerpt: Preface to the 1857 edition. I have been occupied with this story, during many working hours of two years. I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being read as a whole. Bu...

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...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsy... ... of my having done that violence to good manners, in the days of a Russian war, and of a Court of Inquiry at Chelsea. If I might make so bold as to de... ...arrying his daughter, three or four years old, and a basket. ‘How goes the world this forenoon, gentlemen? My little one, you see, going round with me... ...ood, English by birth. I myself was born in Belgium. I am a citizen of the world.’ His theatrical air, as he stood with one arm on his hip within the ... ... round. Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people. No pic- tures, no unfamiliar animals, no ra... ...ore I could leave; and when I did leave, I travelled a little for rest and relief.’ She turned her face towards him, as not having heard or understood... ...hat, if Mr Cripples had been the chief of the Cripplewayboo tribe with his war-paint on, they could scarcely have done greater justice to their educat... ...ing, worked with beads! I have often seen these among old Dutch people and Belgians. Quaint things!’ ‘They are old-fashioned, too,’ said Mrs Clennam. ...

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...Excerpt: Preface to the 1857 edition. I have been occupied with this story, during many working hours of two years. I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being read as a whole. Bu...

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...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania Stat... ... of my having done that violence to good manners, in the days of a Russian war, and of a Court of Inquiry at Chelsea. If I might make so bold as to de... ...arrying his daughter, three or four years old, and a basket. ‘How goes the world this forenoon, gentlemen? My little one, you see, going round with me... ...ood, English by birth. I myself was born in Belgium. I am a citizen of the world.’ His theatrical air, as he stood with one arm on his hip within the ... ... round. Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people. No pic- tures, no unfamiliar animals, no ra... ...ore I could leave; and when I did leave, I travelled a little for rest and relief.’ She turned her face towards him, as not having heard or understood... ...hat, if Mr Cripples had been the chief of the Cripplewayboo tribe with his war-paint on, they could scarcely have done greater justice to their educat... ...ing, worked with beads! I have often seen these among old Dutch people and Belgians. Quaint things!’ ‘They are old-fashioned, too,’ said Mrs Clennam. ...