Little Dorrit was published in 19 monthly instalments, each consisting of 32 pages with two illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne whose pen name was Phiz. Each instalment cost a shilling except for the last, a double issue which cost two shillings.
- Book One – Poverty
- I – December 1855 (chapters 1–4)
- II – January 1856 (chapters 5–8)
- III – February 1856 (chapters 9–11)
- IV – March 1856 (chapters 12–14)
- V – April 1856 (chapters 15–18)
- VI – May 1856 (chapters 19–22)
- VII – June 1856 (chapters 23–25)
- VIII – July 1856 (chapters 26–29)
- IX – August 1856 (chapters 30–32)
- X – September 1856 (chapters 33–36)
- Book Two – Riches
- XI – October 1856 (Chapters 1–4)
- XII – November 1856 (Chapters 5–7)
- XIII – December 1856 (chapters 8–11)
- XIV – January 1857 (chapters 12–14)
- XV – February 1857 (chapters 15–18)
- XVI – March 1857 (Chapters 19–22)
- XVII – April 1857 (Chapters 23–26)
- XVIII – May 1857 (Chapters 27–29)
- XIX-XX – June 1857 (Chapters 30–34)
The novel was then issued as a book by Bradbury and Evans in 1857.