title: Dickens, Little Dorrit, and soul murder.
abstract: The effects of moderate psychological child abuse by parents and parental substitutes on Charles Dicken's life and work are examined.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation