A review by paulataua
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

4.0

Yet another Dickensian swipe at Victorian society. This time it’s business practices, social snobbery, and the debtor’s prison. He also hits out at bureaucracy in his invented ‘circumlocution office’. I will be reminded of this each time I call my bank and am passed from A to Z on the options…. For English press 1, for account details press 2, to report a card missing press 3, to waive a fee press 4…. Of course, there is no number to press that will lead you to talk to a live human being. ‘Little Dorrit’ is not my favorite Dickens. It is, however, packed full of memorable good and bad characters and is a very pleasurable read.