Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. Great Expectations is written in the style of bildungsroman, which follows the story of a man or woman in their quest for maturity, usually starting from childhood and ending in the main character's eventual adulthood. Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life and attempting to become a gentleman along the way. The novel can also be considered...
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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 was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters. Many of his novels, with their recurrent concern for social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialised form, a...
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Additional works by Charles Dickens
BookCopyright DateGenre
The Cricket on the Hearth Novella
The Chimes Novella
Our Mutual Friend 1865 Novel
A Tale of Two Cities Historical novel
A Christmas Carol 1998 Fiction
The Old Curiosity Shop Novel
Oliver Twist 1839 Novel
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Comic novel
Hard Times Novel
Bleak House Novel
The Haunted Man Novel
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870 Novel
David Copperfield Künstlerroman
The Pickwick Papers Novel
Barnaby Rudge Historical novel
The Battle of Life 1846 Speculative fiction
Little Dorrit Fiction
No Thoroughfare
Sketches by Boz Short story
Martin Chuzzlewit Novel
Dombey and Son Novel
Thackeray the Humorist and the Man of Letters: The Story of His Life and Literary Labours, Including a Selection from His Characteristic Speeches November 1, 1971 Speculative fiction
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens 1982 Speculative fiction
The Signalman September 1998 Speculative fiction
Canción de Navidad
The Memorable Trial of Bardell Against Pickwick
Temps Difficile
Un Canto Di Natale
Zweisprachig
Captain Murderer
DK Classics
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
Mr. Nightingale's Diary
Penguin Readers Level 3
The World of Charles Dickens
St. Martin's Guide to Writing 6e short and Great Expectations
The Chinese and the Holly Tree
Truly Great Ghost Stories
Bedside Dickens
Young Readers Christian Library Boxed Set
Doctor Marigold
God Cares Coloring Book
Critical Tradition 2e and Great Expectations
Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames, 1887
The Lamplighter
Les chroniques de Mudfog
Bible Word Search #4
Illustrations from Dickens
Insel Bücherei, Nr.89, Die Silvesterglocken
To Be Read At Dusk
Cuento de Navidad
The Life of Jesus Coloring Book
On the Firing Line
Spirited Yarns
Un Cuento De Navidad
The Works of Charles Dickens
OBWL6: Oliver Twist: Level 6
L'affaire D., ou, Le crime du faux vagabond
Novel Notes
Nuestro Comun Amigo
Spark Notes A Tale of Two Cities
Carol Nadolig
Household Words, A Weekly Journal
Tour of Two Idle Apprentices. No Thoroughfare. The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
Collected Classics - Dickens
Oliver!
Un Conto De Nadal
Tale of 2 Cities/1019
Viaje Inutil de DOS Aprendices Gandules
Child's Story
Barnabé Rudge, Tome II
David Koperfild
Essential Dickens CD
The Old Bachelor
Two Histories of England
Copperfield
Dossier de la Maison Dombey et Fils; Temps Difficiles
Short Stories from the Pickwiock Papers (Bil
Stories For Christmas
La Vie et les Aventures de Nicolas Nickleby; Livres de Noel
Some Christmas Stories
Dickens' Dictionary of London 1888
Voyage en Amérique
Contributions to All the Year Round
Les tuggs a ramsgate
Cantique de Noël
Navidad Y Reyes Magos
David and Goliath and Other Adventures to Color
Il Grillo del Focolare
Oxford Illustrated Dickens
The Two Apprentices
The bagman's tales =
Literacy World
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
The Unabridged Charles Dickens
Alle Weihnachtserzählungen
Beautiful Stories About Children
El grillo del hogar
Sketched by Boz
Teddy Bears Christmas Carol
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Characters in Great Expectations

Philip Pirrip
Philip Pirrip

Philip Pirrip is the protagonist in Great Expectations, a novel by British writer Charles Dickens.

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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Film adaptations of Great Expectations

TitleReleasedRatedGenre
Great Expectations
Great Expectations Costume drama
Great Expectations Drama, Costume drama, Period piece, Film adaptation
Great Expectations R (USA) Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Romance film, Drama
Great Expectations Costume drama, Drama, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Romance film, Period piece
Great Expectations Costume drama
Great Expectations Drama, Silent film, Black-and-white, Indie
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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 any form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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.
  • Q:
    How long is the book "Great Expectations"?
  • A:
    The work is 641 pages.
  • Q:
    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

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