1855 Charles Dickens novel about wealth, status, political and economic corruption, and The Power of Love. The central figure is Amy aka Little Dorrit, the 'Child of the Marshalsea'. Which is to say, she was born in this debtor's prison -- a nineteenth-century English institution in which defaulters were incarcerated, along with their families as necessary, until such time as they were able to pay what they owed. ...until the looming shadow of money, secrets and pretense that has hovered over the entire cast lowers once more.