Part Two Of Two Parts
Wealth and poverty form the boundaries of this masterpiece of Dickens' mature artistry.
Amy Dorrit actively embodies goodness. She struggles to save her family from the evils of destitution, equally from those of unexpected fortune. She loves a man in his ascendency, likewise in his decline. Fighting a millionaire, she asks no quarter and gives none.
LITTLE DORRIT represents the triumph of individual virtue over hypocrisy and exploitation. It says much for Dickens' fatigue with Victorian conventions.
