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There are 18 critical essays on Little Dorrit.
Critical Essays on Little Dorrit
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Critical Essay by Mark M. Hennelly
14,160 words, approx. 47 pages
 In the following essay, Hennelly claims that games and play in Little Dorrit are not redemptive as they tend to be in Dickens's other works, suggesting that this is in keeping with the generally dark tone of the entire novel.
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Critical Essay by Sylvia Manning
9,461 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Manning examines the way Dickens undermines the narrator in Little Dorrit and the ideological contradictions that this causes.
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Critical Essay by Janice M. Carlisle
9,338 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Carlisle examines the relationship between Little Dorrit as a work of fiction, and the various fictions or illusions created within the novel by its characters.
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Critical Essay by Elaine Showalter
8,476 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Showalter characterizes the shadow motif in Little Dorrit as emblematic of the spiritual darkness of Victorian society.
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Critical Essay by Brian Rosenberg
7,814 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following excerpt, Rosenberg examines the prominence of contradiction and division within the characters in Little Dorrit.
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Critical Essay by Mike Hollington
7,552 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Hollington claims that while Little Dorrit seems to be unconcerned with time, temporal matters are of central importance in the novel.
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Critical Essay by George Holoch
7,337 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Holoch discusses the relationship between the individual and the social system in Little Dorrit.
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Critical Essay by Tom Linehan
7,192 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Linehan refutes the common critical claim that thematic concerns in Little Dorrit are of much greater importance than plot.
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Critical Essay by Robert Barnard
6,802 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Barnard examines recurring images and motifs in Little Dorrit as clues to Dickens's worldview.
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Critical Essay by Dominic Rainsford
6,010 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Rainsford studies characters in Little Dorrit who were adversely affected by childhood trauma well into middle age.
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Critical Essay by Avrom Fleishman
5,322 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Fleishman examines class inequality and the way it determines character in Little Dorrit.
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Critical Essay by Laura Peters
5,044 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Peters proposes that orphans and criminals are represented in Victorian fictional discourse in the same way; she examines two orphans in Little Dorrit to illustrate her point.
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Critical Essay by Sarah Winter
5,001 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Winter examines the issue of deference in the character of Amy Dorrit and its relationship to Dickens's criticism of British society.
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Critical Essay by Trey Philpotts
4,851 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Philpotts discusses the London debtor's prison in which Dickens's father was incarcerated and which inspired the dominant symbol of Little Dorrit.
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Critical Essay by H. M. Page
3,313 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Page discusses George Bernard Shaw's appraisal of Little Dorrit as a masterpiece, which inspired a marked change in the novel's evaluation by scholars.
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