How did the 'Circumlocution Office' in Dickens’s 'Little Dorrit' address the theme of administrative reform?
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Correct answer: By satirizing the government's endless use of paperwork to avoid all action
The Circumlocution Office is a masterpiece of satire, specializing in 'How Not To Do It.' It represents the stagnation of the British state and the barriers it placed in the way of innovation and social justice.
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