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Great expectations : [electronic resource] a novel of friendship / Bert G. Hornback.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 6Publication details: Boston : Twayne, c1987.Description: xiii, 152 p. : port. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0805779566 (alk. paper) :
  • 9780805779561 (alk. paper)
  • 080578005X (pbk. : alk paper)
  • 9780805780055 (pbk. : alk paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.8 19
LOC classification:
  • PR4560 .H6 1987
Other classification:
  • 18.05
  • HL 2585
Online resources:
Contents:
Historical context -- The importance of the work -- Critical reception -- Dickens's expectations -- Pip's story: the first-person narrative -- Pip's education -- Pip's education, continued -- Magwitch -- Hands, chains, parts and partings, clicks -- Chains, etc., part 2 -- Guilt -- Language and other things -- Conclusion.
Summary: Hornback gives us a comprehensive overview of Great expectations, locates the work within the context of Dickens's life and other works, and illuminates major themes and concepts.
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Bibliography: p. 147-149.

Includes index.

Hornback gives us a comprehensive overview of Great expectations, locates the work within the context of Dickens's life and other works, and illuminates major themes and concepts.

Historical context -- The importance of the work -- Critical reception -- Dickens's expectations -- Pip's story: the first-person narrative -- Pip's education -- Pip's education, continued -- Magwitch -- Hands, chains, parts and partings, clicks -- Chains, etc., part 2 -- Guilt -- Language and other things -- Conclusion.

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