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"Great Expectations" is an 1861 novel by Charles Dickens that follows a young man's journey as his life circumstances change dramatically and he pursues his ambitions. The novel is considered significant for its exploration of social class, ambition, and personal growth in Victorian England.
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standardebooks.org →Charles Dickens was a British author, journalist, and editor whose work brought attention to the struggles of Victorian England’s lower classes. His writings provided a candid portrait of the era’s poor and served as inspiration for social change. Great Expectations , Dickens’ thirteenth novel, was first published in serial form between 1860 and 1861 and is widely praised as the author’s greatest literary accomplishment. The novel follows the life, relationships, and moral development of an orphan boy named Pip. The novel begins when Pip encounters an escaped convict whom he helps and fears in equal measure. Pip’s actions that day set off a sequence of events and interactions that shape Pip’s character as he matures into adulthood. The vivid characters, engaging narrative style, and universal themes of Great Expectations establish this novel as a timeless literary classic, and an engaging portrait of Victorian life. azw3 — Kindle devices and apps. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindle’s library. Despite what you’ve been told, Kindle does not natively support epub. You may also be interested in our Kindle FAQ . kepub — Kobo devices and apps. You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ . Advanced epub — An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. If you’re comfortable with technology and want to contribute directly, check out this ebook’s GitHub repository and our contributors section . You can also donate to Standard Ebooks to help fund continuing improvement of this and other ebooks.
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Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
- #1400
- Instance of
- serialized fiction
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Genre
- black comedy
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Followed by
- Our Mutual Friend
- Follows
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Main subject
- orphan
- Narrative location
- Kent
- Image
- All the Year Round - Series 1 - Volume 4.pg169.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Great Expectations
- Commons category
- Great Expectations
- title
- Great Expectations
- publication date
- 1861-03-23
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- derivative work
- Great Expectations
- work available at URL
- standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/great-expectations
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- novel
- first line
- My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
- published in
- All the Year Round
- number of parts of this work
- 17
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