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Atroubledyoungmancommitstheperfectcrime-themurderofavilepawnbrokerwhomnoonewillmiss.Raskolnikovisdesperateformoney,butconvinceshimselfthathismotiveforthemurderistobenefitmankind.murdersamanonlytofacetheconsequencesnotonlyfromsocietybutfromhisconscience,inthisseminalstoryofjustice,morality,andredemptionfromoneofRussia'sgreatestnovelists.Sobeginsoneofthegreatestnovelseverwritten.Thenoveliscompellingandrewarding,fullofmeaningandsymbolism,andraisesprofoundquestionsabouttheindividualandsociety,andthenatureoffreewill.

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LittleDorritbyCharlesDickensisoriginallypublishedinserialformbetween1855and1857.ThestoryfeaturesAmyDorrit,youngestchildofherfamily,bornandraisedintheMarshalseaprisonfordebtorsinLondon.ArthurClennamencountersherafterreturninghomefroma20-yearabsence,readytobeginhislifeanew.InhisIntroduction,DavidGatesarguesthat"intensityofimaginationisthegiftfromwhichDickens'sothergreatattributesderive:hiseyeandear,hisnear-universalempathy,hisabilitytoentertainbothasenseoftheridiculousandasenseofultimatesignificance."Thenovelsatirisestheshortcomingsofbothgovernmentandsociety,includingtheinstitutionofdebtors'prisons,wheredebtorswereimprisoned,unabletowork,untiltheyrepaidtheirdebts.TheprisoninthiscaseistheMarshalsea,whereDickens'sownfatherhadbeenimprisoned.Dickensisalsocriticalofthelackofasocialsafetynet,thetreatmentandsafetyofindustrialworkers,aswellthebureaucracyoftheBritishTreasury,intheformofhisfictional"CircumlocutionOffice".InadditionhesatirisesthestratificationofsocietythatresultsfromtheBritishclasssystem.

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ALittlePrincessisanexpandedversionofFrancesHodgsonBurnett's1888shortstoryentitledSaraCrewe:or,WhatHappenedatMissMinchin's,whichwasfirstserializedinSt.NicholasMagazinefrom1887to1888.AccordingtoBurnett,aftershecomposedthe1902playbasedonthestory,herpublisheraskedthatsheexpandthestoryintothenovelwiththethingsandpeoplethathadbeenleftoutbefore.

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Inthisvividbusinessstory,KenJenningsandHeatherHydeprovidearoadmaptoguideleadersthroughtheprocessofengagingemployeesatalllevelsoftheorganizationtofindthedeepermeaningandhigherpurposesoftheirwork.

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