Great Expectations (1861) by: Charles Dickens (Classics)
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ISBN10: 1539464210
ISBN13: 9781539464211
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Oct 11 2016
Pages: 318
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.67 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781539464211
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Oct 11 2016
Pages: 318
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.67 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
first serialized in All the Year Round from December 1860 to August 1861. The action of the story takes place from Christmas Eve, 1812, when the protagonist is about seven years old, to the winter of 1840 Charles John Huffam Dickens 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
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