Meagles, as well an inventor named Daniel Doyce. Doyce introduces Arthur to the residents of Bleeding Heart Yard, a working-class neighborhood, where Arthur befriends the Plornish family. Rent in the neighborhood is collected by a man named Pancks , who has a reputation for being very harsh, and it turns out that Pancks is employed by the landlord, Mr. Flora is now widowed, and although Arthur is initially curious, he finds the older version of her off-putting.
Eventually, Arthur enters into business with Doyce. Meanwhile, Rigaud now going by the name of Lagnier and Cavalletto's paths cross again, and Cavalletto flees to avoid getting stuck working for a man he mistrusts and is afraid of.
He heads to London, where he is injured in an accident, and Arthur Clennam helps him, eventually helping him to secure lodgings in Bleeding Heart Yard. Little Dorrit is developing romantic feelings for Arthur, but he thinks of her only as a child and is falling in love with Pet Meagles instead. However, Arthur is disappointed to learn that Pet is already in love with a man named Henry Gowan , a spoiled artist. About this time, Amy also learns that her sister Fanny has been courted by a man named Edmund Sparkler , who is the stepson of the famously wealthy businessman Mr.
Merdle , and she has been paid off by his mother to stop seeing him. Meanwhile, Tattycoram has gotten fed up with watching Pet be pampered and adored, and runs off to live with Miss Wade, despite Arthur and Mr.
Meagles's efforts to persuade her to return. Little Dorrit eventually begins working for Flora, and Pancks starts behaving mysteriously. Rigaud reappears in London, going by the name of Blandois, and starts coming to see Mrs.
Clennam and Flintwinch, implying he has business with them. Pancks finally reveals his secret: he has uncovered proof that Mr. Dorrit is actually heir to a large fortune, allowing him to pay off his debts and live as a wealthy man. The Dorrits leave prison and start spending their money. With the exception of Amy, they are very invested in maintaining their new social position and hiding any evidence of the time spent in prison. Accompanied by Frederick Dorrit and Mrs.
General a woman hired to chaperone and educate the two girls , the family goes traveling abroad. Amy recognizes Pet as the woman Arthur was in love with, but this only makes her more kind to her, especially since Pet's marriage does not seem to be happy.
In Venice, Amy spends time becoming friends with Pet, even though both woman are scared of Blandois. In general, Amy is sad and lonely living outside of prison and trying to adjust to her new status. I have suffered for it in kind. He has decayed in his prison: I in mine. Dorrit remains as its titular head. In the second book of the novel, after the family is released from the Marshalsea and subsequent to the discovery that they are in fact wealthy, they depart on a Grand Tour of the Continent.
Numbers of people seemed to come abroad, pretty much as people had come into the prison; through debt, through idleness, relationship, curiosity, and general unfitness for getting on at home.
They were brought into these foreign towns in the custody of couriers and local followers, just as the debtors had been brought into the prison. They prowled about the churches and picture-galleries, much in the old, dreary, prison-yard manner. Dickens also takes up the theme of repression in the form of Mrs. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, was a prayer too poor in spirit for her. Miss Wade is another of the repressed characters in the novel, a woman whose heart has been turned to stone by the dilettante, Henry Gowan, who dropped her in favor of Pet Meagles.
Where Dickens believes that religion should ameliorate the sufferings of the poor, Mr. Foy manages to be all of these things, but to be likable too, and I very much admire her for it. I kept missing episodes and having to watch them on the BBC's excellent i-player catch up site. Now I've at last seen the final episode I think it's sadly rushed, missing a few voyeuristic opportunities for catching up on some of the minor characters seen in the series.
However the scenes between John Chivery, Arthur and Amy are moving and beautifully handled. I will definitely be getting hold of the DVD. This one's a keeper. LouE15 Dec 8, Details Edit. Release date March 29, United States. United Kingdom United States. Technical specs Edit.
Runtime 7 hours. Related news. Nov 6 SneakPeek. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. What is the English language plot outline for Little Dorrit ? See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Joan Greenwood as Mrs. Roshan Seth as Mr. Derek Jacobi as Arthur Clennam. Sarah Pickering as Little Dorrit. Cyril Cusack as Frederick Dorrit. Alec Guinness as William Dorrit.
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