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Great Expectations is the bildungsroman of Charles Dickens which shows personal growth and development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. Dickens first published this novel in the weekly periodical, All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It was then published as a novel in October 1861. So here is a short review of Great Expectations pdf.

Great Expectations pdf Review:

The novel is set in Kent and London. It is second novel of Charles Dickens which he wrote completely in first person narration. It also contains Dickens’ most memorable scenes. The plot features development of an orphan boy called Pip. It starts with a boy standing in graveyard accosted by an escaped convict. The whole story then revolves around the life of Pip. Dickens filled Great Expectations with extreme imagery of poverty and wealth, love and rejection as well as triumph of good over evil. The novel received universal acclamation and remains as one of the best novels of Dickens ever since.

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Charles John Huffam Dickens, pen name Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He is considered as the greatest novelist of Victorian Era and also produced some of the best fictional characters.

Great Expectations Summary:

Great Expectations is one of Charles Dickens’ most important novels, a bildungsroman described in first person narrative. Dickens used life of an orphan to portray poverty, rejection, wealth, love, good, bad as well as the dominance of good over the evil. And even though it was severely criticized by some critics, yet it is generally admired by critics and general readers alike.

Features of Great Expectations pdf:

Here are some of the features of this book:

Bildungsroman (A literary genre which focuses growth of a protagonist from young age to adulthood) of Charles Dickens depicting life of an orphan boy.
Furthermore, it is second novel, after David Copperfield, which Dickens wrote completely in first person narrative.
Charles Dickens’ penultimate complete novel portraying extreme imagery of sentiments and situations.
A multi-themed novel with a very interesting plot. Dickens displayed different aspects of life of an orphan boy.