Return to The Circumlocution Office. Original cover from Great Expectations periodical. Is the story of Pip. Published from November 1860 to August 1861 and in. From December 1860 to August 1861. Was included in a Guardian poll of a the top 100 books of all time.

You can read all of. Use the chapters tab on the navigation bar to access them. If you want the location of particular. Pages or chapters for reference or academic purposes you can use our study links. Little Dorrit is one of over 20 sites from The Circumlocution Office. Dedicated to a major work of the author Charles Dickens.

Return to The Circumlocution Office. Is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century. Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

Life and works of Charles Dickens. Return to The Circumlocution Office. As a young man Charles Dickens expressed a distaste for certain aspects of organized religion. In 1836 a law was proposed that would prohibit all work and all recreation on Sunday. Under a pseudonym Timothy Sparks, Dickens wrote a pamphlet titled Sunday Under Three Heads.