Great Expectations

Great Expectations
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Author:Charles Dickens
Genre:Novel, Fiction
Year published:1860
Number of editions:100

Author of Great Expectations

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870
Birthplace:Portsmouth

Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA , pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of...
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Characters in Great Expectations

Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham

Miss Havisham is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations . She is a wealthy spinster, who lives in her ruined mansion...
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Estella Havisham
Estella Havisham

Estella Havisham is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations. Like the protagonist, Pip, Estella is introduced as an...
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Film adaptations of Great Expectations

Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Release date:1989
Directed by:Kevin Connor
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Release date:1934
Directed by:Stuart Walker

Literary Genres

Novel
Novel

A novel is a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the...
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Fiction
Fiction

Fiction is a branch of literature which deals, in part or in whole, with temporally contrafactual events . In contrast to this is non-fiction, which...
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Frequently Asked Questions

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    The work, "Great Expectations" is of which literary category?
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    "Great Expectations" is of the subject matter category: England, Revenge, History, Great Britain and 19th century
  • Q:
    How long is the book "Great Expectations"?
  • A:
    The work is 641 pages.
  • Q:
    Which characters are featured in the book "Great Expectations"?
  • A:
    Featured characters include: Herbert Pocket, Matthew Pocket, Philip Pirrip and Mrs. Joe Gargery.
  • Q:
    The book "Great Expectations" is of which literary genre?
  • A:
    The book is labeled as: Novel.

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