Little Dorrit
by Nancy Holder
Reading Level 9-10 Moderate (Lvl 3)
Ages 13+
The text is written at a 9th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
Set against the backdrop of a grim debtor's prison, this story follows a young woman navigating the hardships of her family's financial struggles and the complicated ties to her father. It reveals deep truths about society's treatment of debt and the resilience found within family bonds. Rich in emotional depth, it invites readers to explore themes of confinement and hope.
Representation & Themes
FamilyComing of AgeSocial JusticeHistorical
For Parents
Content Intensity
Level 3 — Moderate Gentle Mild Moderate Intense Very Intense
Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Content Flags
Debt Imprisonment for Children of prisoners Emotional: Loss & Grief Social: Poverty & Hardship
Data confidence: standard
Details
- ISBN
- 0140434925
- Pages
- 889
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 1998
- Type
- Fiction
- Word Count
- 338,643
Genres
Fiction
Subjects
Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England) -- Fiction.Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.Debt, Imprisonment for -- Fiction.Children of prisoners -- Fiction.London (England) -- Fiction.Social life and customsChildren of prisonersMarshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England)FictionFathers and daughtersSocial conditionsInheritance and successionImprisonment for DebtClassic LiteratureBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Children's fictionGirls, fictionLondon (england), fictionEngland, fictionEnglish literatureLondon (England)PrisonsFiction, romance, generalFathers and daughters, fictionEnglish languageFiction, city lifeFiction, classicsFiction, generalJuvenile fictionManners and customsLondon (England) -- FictionInheritance and succession -- FictionLove storiesDomestic fictionFathers and daughters -- FictionChildren of prisoners -- FictionMarshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England) -- FictionDebt, Imprisonment for -- FictionFiction, historical, generalLong Now Manual for CivilizationLiterature
Places
London (England)EnglandLondon