Originally published in serial form from December 1860 to August 1861, Great Expectations is the 'autobiography' of Pip, as he transformed from apprentice village blacksmith to a London gentleman. Unlike many of Dickens's earlier works, the novel is not so much a protest against social evils as a sustained meditation upon the process of social reform in Victorian England. It is this which gives such importance to the book's handling of the theme of the gentleman, a theme central both to Dickens's society and to his own life story.
| ISBN: | 9781551111742 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 1998 |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Graham Law, Adrian J Pinnington |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 654 pages |
| Series: | Broadview Literary Texts |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction General Fiction |