num_pages: 776
description: The newly established text is based on all extant materials and is accompanied by several textual essays. "Backgrounds" provides readers with an understanding of Great Expectations's inception and internal chronology. A discussion of the public-reading version of the novel is also included. A wonderfully rich "Contexts" section collects thirteen pieces, centering on the novel's major themes: the link between author and hero and, relatedly, Victorian notions of gentility, snobbishness, and social mobility; the often brutal training, at home and at school, of children born around 1800; and the central issues of crime and punishment. "Criticism" gathers twenty-two assessments of Great Expectations, both contemporary and modern, which offer a range of perspectives on Dickens and his novel.
language: English
title: Great Expectations: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Contexts, Criticism
titlecomplete: Great Expectations: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Contexts, Criticism
characters: Estella, Herbert Pocket, Dolge Orlick, John Wemmick, Jaggers, Compeyson, Philip "Pip" Pirrip, Abel Magwitch, Joseph "Joe" Gargery, Miss Havisham
genres: Historical Fiction, School, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 778156
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: W.W. Norton & Company