Little Dorrit: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Dorrit, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens. Read by Ellis Christoff Born in the Marshalsea Prison for Debtors, Amy—Little Dorrit—the daughter of the ruined, but self-respectful William Dorrit, has put her entire heart in caring for her dear father, until one day her humble path is crossed by Arthur Clennam. Their meeting proves providential not only for Amy's life, but for the whole Dorrit family, whose new rise will, in many ways, be also their fall. As in all his novels, in "Little Dorrit" Dickens ushers us into a fascinating and startlingly rich world of human characters and destinies, where virtue and nobility cross swords with vice and villainy, where strength and weakness intertwine with prejudice and magnanimity and where the author's inspired pen wields a compelling and unforgettable power over the readers. (Summary by Ellis Christoff)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Dorrit
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 72
• Listed recording duration: 36:09:42

Catalogue topics

• Dickens
• Dorrit

Opening tracks: first 24 of 72

1. 00 - Book 1, 1857 Edition Preface — 4:42
2. 01 - Book 1, Chapter 1 - Sun and Shadow — 37:28
3. 02 - Book 1, Chapter 2 - Fellow Travellers — 34:27
4. 03 - Book 1, Chapter 3 - Home — 36:07
5. 04 - Book 1, Chapter 4 - Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream — 8:39
6. 05 - Book 1, Chapter 5 - Family Affairs — 31:00
7. 06 - Book 1, Chapter 6 - The Father of the Marshalsea — 28:20
8. 07 - Book 1, Chapter 7 - The Child of the Marshalsea — 28:43
9. 08 - Book 1, Chapter 8 - The Lock — 29:55
10. 09 - Book 1, Chapter 9 - Little Mother — 35:56
11. 10 - Book 1, Chapter 10 - Containing the Whole Science of Government — 53:26
12. 11 - Book 1, Chapter 11 - Let Loose — 27:28
13. 12 - Book 1, Chapter 12 - Bleeding Heart Yard — 24:44
14. 13 - Book 1, Chapter 13 - Patriarchal — 1:00:57
15. 14 - Book 1, Chapter 14 - Little Dorrit's Party — 31:49
16. 15 - Book 1, Chapter 15 - Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream — 23:53
17. 16 - Book 1, Chapter 16 - Nobody's Weakness — 36:30
18. 17 - Book 1, Chapter 17 - Nobody's Rival — 24:47
19. 18 - Book 1, Chapter 18 - Little Dorrit's Lover — 27:04
20. 19 - Book 1, Chapter 19 - The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations — 32:12
21. 20 - Book 1, Chapter 20 - Moving in Society — 36:59
22. 21 - Book 1, Chapter 21 - Mr Merdle's Complaint — 23:36
23. 22 - Book 1, Chapter 22 - A Puzzle — 23:52
24. 23 - Book 1, Chapter 23 - Machinery in Motion — 41:50

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