Talk:Little Dorrit

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The Wikipedia text reads: "Rather than hurt Arthur, Amy chooses not to reveal what she has learned, though this means that she misses her legacy."

This is ridiculous.

Since the house has collapsed and Flintwich has absconded with all the rest of Mrs Clennam's assets he's been able to convert there presumably IS nothing left out of which the legacy could be paid. Besides, had there been any assets left and had Amy not have claimed them, they would have passed to Arthur on Mrs. Clennam's death anyway.

Honorific titles
Probably not the correct place to discuss this but MOS says The honorific titles Sir, Dame, Lord and Lady are included in the initial reference and infobox heading for the person, but are optional after that......honorific titles should not be deleted when they are used throughout an article unless there is consensus. It doesn't say in which articles it can and cannot be used (the subject themselves or articles in which their name is included) unless I'm missing something. Which is wholly probable. Quentin X (talk) 12:18, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The specific case in the MOS that you are citing is referring to the main article about the person. Note: "... but are optional after that. The title is placed in bold in the first use of the name." It is bolded because it is part of the first reference to the subject. Thus, "Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter..." ("Hercules"? Really?) at Elton John. However, "The Diving Board is the 31st studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John." at The Diving Board. I find consistent usage this way with the few cases I can think of off the top of my head: My Week with Marilyn (Judi Dench), New'' (Paul McCartney), etc.
 * I do not see this clearly addressed anywhere, though. For full clarity, I'm asking about this at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Biographies. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 15:35, 14 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Looking at the MOS it does appear to refer to the main article but leaves room for ambiguity (although there's nothing ambiguous about Elton's middle name). I'll be happy to go along with whatever clarification there is. Quentin X (talk) 18:02, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll certainly go with the call there as well (if there ever is one). That said, I want a bulletproof source for John's middle name. Yikes. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 22:00, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Come to think of it, that's a stage name. He chose to have it. (And I thought the '70s outfits were weird.) - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 22:02, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Need clarification
'but Mr. Clennam's wealthy uncle, stung by remorse, had left a bequest to Arthur's biological mother and to "the youngest daughter of her patron", a kindly musician who had taught and befriended her – and who happened to be Amy Dorrit's paternal uncle, Frederick.' This makes no sense. How can the "young daughter" be Frederick. This need clarifying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.15.59.107 (talk) 08:50, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 22:18, 29 April 2016 (UTC)