Real Little Dorrit, The: Charles Dickens and Debtors Prisons

Synopsis

David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens’ fiction, using records from the National Archives as he explains what Victorian debtors’ prisons were really like and how accurate Dickens’ portrayal of them was in his description of the Marshalsea prison in Little Dorrit.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Online availability

URI

http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/the-real-little-dorrit-charles-dickens-and-the-debtors-prison/

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

David Thomas (2)

Distributor

Name

National Archives

Web

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