| Author(s) | Richard A. Andretta |
| Affiliation | Professor, College of Languages and Translation, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Society, Individuals and Fantasies in Dickens’s Little Dorrit |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Arts. Volume 16, No 1. (2004/1424) |
| Abstract | In Little Dorrit Dickens depicts a society that appraises achievement and talent in terms of money. This society has woven a fantasy around certain businessmen and economy magnates believing that they can transmute whatever they touch into gold and can therefore solve all its problems and enable it to become prosperous and happy. Likewise, many individuals in this society have woven their own private fantasies in order to satisfy their psychological needs. They indulge in dreams of fabulous wealth and glamour. However, those individuals who have kept a certain degree of self-knowledge, humility and a sense of humor and do not take themselves too seriously, can get on with their lives unscathed by whatever unpleasant experiences or people they come across. Others who have lost touch with reality and become slaves to their fantasies bring misery on themselves and on those who come in touch with them |
