Little Dorrit (Annotated)

William Dorrit, imprisoned as a debtor, has been a resident of Marshalsea debtors'' prison for so long that his three children – snobbish Fanny, idle Edward and Amy (known as Little Dorrit) — have all grown up there, and Amy was born there. Their mother is dead and Little Dorrit, devoted to her father, supports them both through her sewing.