![]() This loss is followed within a few years by the death of Mrs. The mother of Little Dorrit dies when Little Dorrit is eight years old. Her father’s fellow inmates and the prison’s warden pamper her. Amy is given the nickname Little Dorrit because of her small size. They have an additional child, Amy, who is born in prison. The law allows for Dorrit’s family to live in his cell with him, so his wife and their two children, Fanny and Tip, join him. He is sent to the Marshalsea debtors’ prison in London when he is unable to meet his obligations to his creditors. The first part of the novel, “Poverty,” introduces William Dorrit, who is an unsuccessful businessman but a gentleman of good character. ![]() ![]() The prison in Little Dorrit is Marshalsea, where at one time the father of Charles Dickens was imprisoned. Government and society at large are satirized with a specific focus on debtors’ prisons, which incarcerated those in debt who were unable to pay, rendering them unable to work and keeping them imprisoned until they were able to pay. Charles Dickens’ novel Little Dorrit originally appeared in serialized form between 18. ![]()
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