Editing Little Dorrit (section)

==Development of the novel==
The character Little Dorrit (Amy) was inspired by Mary Ann Cooper (née Mitton), whom Dickens sometimes visited along with her family, and called by that name.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/12/16/101811943.pdf |date=16 December 1906 |title=Dickens's "Little Dorrit" Still Alive |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=1 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401053748/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/12/16/101811943.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> They lived in The Cedars, [[Hatton, London#Lost features|a house on Hatton Road]] west of London; its site is now under the east end of London [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Philip |last=Sherwood |title=Heathrow: 2000 Years of History |publisher=Stroud: The History Press |year=2009 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQ4TDQAAQBAJ |isbn=978-0-7509-5086-2 |access-date=24 May 2018 |archive-date=1 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401053749/https://books.google.com/books?id=AQ4TDQAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> This model for Little Dorrit, and the development of the plot, is contested by others.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
Dickens' working title for the novel was '''''Nobody’s Fault'''''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dickensnotes.com/notes/little-dorrit |title=DickensNotes.com}}</ref>