LEADER 02586oam 2200361z- 450 001 9910165235603321 010 $a9783736800786 010 $a3736800789 035 $a(CKB)3710000001065814 035 $a(Perlego)1886373 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000001065814 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001065814 100 $a20210521d2017 uy | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGreat Expectations 210 $cBookRix 311 08$a9781537822419 311 08$a1537822411 311 08$a9783961893348 311 08$a3961893349 330 8 $aGreat Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel; a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel is set in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century and contains some of Dickens' most memorable scenes, including the opening in a graveyard, where the young Pip is accosted by the escaped convict, Abel Magwitch. Great Expectations is full of extreme imagery.poverty, prison ships and chains, and fights to the death.and has a colourful cast of characters who have entered popular culture. These include the eccentric Miss Havisham, the beautiful but cold Estella, and Joe, the unsophisticated and kind blacksmith. Dickens's themes include wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. Great Expectations, which is popular both with readers and literary critics, has been translated into many languages and adapted numerous times into various media. Upon its release, the novel received near universal acclaim. Although Dickens' contemporary Thomas Carlyle referred to it disparagingly as that "Pip nonsense, " he nevertheless reacted to each fresh instalment with "roars of laughter." Later, George Bernard Shaw praised the novel, as "All of one piece and consistently truthful." During the serial publication, Dickens was pleased with public response to Great Expectations and its sales; when the plot first formed in his mind, he called it "a very fine, new and grotesque idea." 606 $aBildungsromans$7Generated by AI 606 $aOrphans in literature$7Generated by AI 615 0$aBildungsromans 615 0$aOrphans in literature 700 $aCharles Dickens$0154882 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910165235603321 996 $aGreat expectations$924276 997 $aUNINA