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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
One Boy’s Desire for Reinvention to Climb the Social Ladder
What's it about?
Great Expectations (1860) is Charles Dickens’ classic novel about the social ambitions and failings of Pip, a small-town orphan who suddenly becomes wealthy through a mysterious benefactor. Pip leaves his home town for London, but as his social and material standing develop, he suffers a moral deterioration that leaves him questioning his decisions.
About the author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author and social critic who is widely regarded as the most important novelist of the Victorian era. His novels, which include A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist as well as Great Expectations, enjoy lasting popularity to this day and are still frequently adapted across all artistic genres. He died in 1870, and was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey, London.
