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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As with almost everything else by Dickens, it takes me over half the book to start to be interested in the characters and story. Little Dorrit, although too good to be true, like so many of Dickens’ women, dies at least have some strength of character. Arthur Clennam is clearly a man very damaged by his background and without quite enough strength of character to avoid being sucked into schemes about which he should have known better. The Meagles are lovely, if too psychologically naive to realise how Tattycoram must have felt. Although I cannot imagine how Mr Meagles was ever able to amass such wealth, given what we see of his personality. Gowan is thoroughly despicable. There are some enjoyable minor characters, especially Pancks, but also Doyce and some of the inhabitants of Bleeding Heart Court. Mrs Merdle is a fairly typical Dickensian society woman with some features in common with the second Mrs Dombey and Lady Dedlock, especially in how they present themselves to society. If society women really did behave like that (I’m not sure that you see it in Trollope), it must have been an extremely unpleasant world. The plot - well, fairly archetypally Dickensian. Onwards to A Tale of Two Cities.
This, according to my humble opinion, is Dickens masterpiece. I have read nearly all of Dickens and in Little Dorrit does he finally achieve a perfection of story-telling with social critique. The only other novel that comes as close is Bleak House but I think Little Dorrit is better. Bleak House tends to introduce superfluous characters and story lines that do not go anywhere, whereas everyone and everything in Little Dorrit has a point.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Huzzah! I finally finished Little Dorrit! It was my first Dickens and I loved it. It wasn't dry or boring at all. There were some bits that got a bit rambly at times, but it was such a lovely reading experience. This was labeled as a satire, and bits of it definitely were. There were a few bits of the miniseries where I was confused, and this sorted things all out.
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Great, classic Dickens. I really enjoy his books once I get into them. In this one, I particularly enjoyed following Arthur Clenham as he unraveled his family secrets, and the quirkiness of the character of Flora.
Also, I watched the adaptation of this book in this season's Masterpiece Classics and thought it was very well done.
Also, I watched the adaptation of this book in this season's Masterpiece Classics and thought it was very well done.
".... y la pequeña Dorrit se dedicaba a dar paseos en un coche de alquiler que le habían dejado y vagaba entre las ruinas de la antigua Roma. Las ruinas del antiguo anfiteatro, de los antiguos templos, de los antiguos arcos conmemorativos, de las antiguas vías tan transitadas, de las antiguas tumbas, además de ser lo que eran, eran para ella las ruinas de la vieja cárcel de Marshalsea, las ruinas de su antigua vida, ruinas de los rostros y formas que la habitaban antaño, ruinas de sus amores, esperanzas, deseos y alegrías. "
La pequeña Dorrit, 1855 - 57
@albaeditorial 2017
Traducción de Carmen Francí e Ismael Attrache
Siempre es un placer leer a Dickens.
Si lo lees en LC con Vi @teconlibros, entonces se convierte también en una maravillosa experiencia por el mimo y atención con que Vi nos regala datos, curiosidades y detalles que enriquecen la lectura.
Y por los intensos debates y teorías compartidas entre todos los lectores.
Me costó un poco entrar en la historia.
Seguí leyendo y entonces ya quedé atrapada, una vez más en la magia del gran maestro inglés.
No puede extrañarnos las críticas furibundas que recibió el libro tras su publicación en 1855-57.
Dickens no deja títere con cabeza y fustiga sin compasión y con mucho humor, retratando y no de la mejor manera, todos los estamentos de la sociedad británica.
Nos regala una retahíla memorable de personajes odiosos, repugnantes, patéticos, entrañables, luminosos, divertidos e insufribles.
La incansable Flora y sus monólogos me han hecho reír mucho y la familia de nuestra protagonista Amy Dorrit, me ha puesto de los nervios, excepto el cariñoso tío Frederick.
Casi sin querer se ha convertido en uno de mis libros favoritos del autor.
#viajandoporlainglaterravictoriana @undine.von.reinecke
#lapequeñadorrit#little dorrit #charlesdickens #técondickens #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #leoclásicos #literaturavictoriana #britishclassic
La pequeña Dorrit, 1855 - 57
@albaeditorial 2017
Traducción de Carmen Francí e Ismael Attrache
Siempre es un placer leer a Dickens.
Si lo lees en LC con Vi @teconlibros, entonces se convierte también en una maravillosa experiencia por el mimo y atención con que Vi nos regala datos, curiosidades y detalles que enriquecen la lectura.
Y por los intensos debates y teorías compartidas entre todos los lectores.
Me costó un poco entrar en la historia.
Seguí leyendo y entonces ya quedé atrapada, una vez más en la magia del gran maestro inglés.
No puede extrañarnos las críticas furibundas que recibió el libro tras su publicación en 1855-57.
Dickens no deja títere con cabeza y fustiga sin compasión y con mucho humor, retratando y no de la mejor manera, todos los estamentos de la sociedad británica.
Nos regala una retahíla memorable de personajes odiosos, repugnantes, patéticos, entrañables, luminosos, divertidos e insufribles.
La incansable Flora y sus monólogos me han hecho reír mucho y la familia de nuestra protagonista Amy Dorrit, me ha puesto de los nervios, excepto el cariñoso tío Frederick.
Casi sin querer se ha convertido en uno de mis libros favoritos del autor.
#viajandoporlainglaterravictoriana @undine.von.reinecke
#lapequeñadorrit#little dorrit #charlesdickens #técondickens #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #leoclásicos #literaturavictoriana #britishclassic
It's Dickens. It's huge. I read it all during this pandemic and a case of shingles. I couldn't possibly give it less than four stars. It's got Pancks, and Mr. Meagles, and Mrs. Merdle, whom Dickens refers to as "the Bosom" as she leads Society into various ballrooms (and Lord Peter Wimsey named his car after her, too). And Young John Chivery, devoted swain, Fanny the grumpy but ultimately solid sister, and her sweet husband, Edward Sparkle, topped off by some sharp and funny critique of society and capitalism.
But. . . it also ends with a disappointing lack of energy and oomph. There are so many interconnecting pieces that I expected a spectacular coming-together-of-all-the-details-mysteries-and-people in a satisfying blur of energy and coincidence--but it didn't happen. People I expected to play key roles died early (and quietly) in the book, while others faded out of the plot altogether, without a real reason for their presence in the first place. Why was Gowan in the book? Why, really, was Minnie? Why did Fanny and co. disappear from the story?
So, Mr. Dickens, I still admire you as a writer because you root for the right people, and you create characters like Daniel Doyce and Plornish and such, and you hate humbug and people who take advantage of working citizens--but this story should have been 200 pages shorter (so, 679 pages) and had a zippier plot. But: I read it all, and I'm glad I did. I'm still a fan.
But. . . it also ends with a disappointing lack of energy and oomph. There are so many interconnecting pieces that I expected a spectacular coming-together-of-all-the-details-mysteries-and-people in a satisfying blur of energy and coincidence--but it didn't happen. People I expected to play key roles died early (and quietly) in the book, while others faded out of the plot altogether, without a real reason for their presence in the first place. Why was Gowan in the book? Why, really, was Minnie? Why did Fanny and co. disappear from the story?
So, Mr. Dickens, I still admire you as a writer because you root for the right people, and you create characters like Daniel Doyce and Plornish and such, and you hate humbug and people who take advantage of working citizens--but this story should have been 200 pages shorter (so, 679 pages) and had a zippier plot. But: I read it all, and I'm glad I did. I'm still a fan.
I enjoyed this book. Although it is not one of Dickens' most famous works, I could feel some of elements of his more popular works coming together in this tale of dramatic turns of fortune and their associated effects on Dickens' characters. It was quite interesting to see the various responses to such changes in life circumstances.