Little Dorrit Working Notes

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The V&A holds the author's working notes or "Number Plans" for Little Dorrit. The notes for No. II onwards are bound in with the main manuscript, while No. I is in another volume.

The text is written on foolscap pages that were originally folded in half. Themes and ideas for inclusion in the Number appear on the left hand side, while points relating to individual Chapters are given on the right.

Page TitleUser NotesActions
Page 001 No.2 Chapters 4-71 noteCompleted
Page 002 No.3 Chapters 9-111 noteCompleted
Page 003 No.4 Chapters 12-141 noteCompleted
Page 004 No.5 Chapters 15-181 noteCompleted
Page 005 No.6 Chapters 19-221 noteCompleted
Page 006 No.7 Chapters 23-251 noteCompleted
Page 007 No. 8 Chapters 26-291 noteCompleted
Page 008 No.9 Chapters 30-321 noteCompleted
Page 009 No.10 Chapters 33-361 noteCompleted