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Meckier 1993). This book can be said to have more dark overtones than those of some of his other novels. In most of his stories, o...

these experiences. He rarely spoke of this time of his life" (Charles Dickens: His Childhood). In an understatement perhaps, we ca...

became blindly furious by regular stages" (Dickens 120). In other words, her behavior reflects o real emotion at all. Similarly, P...

he wants more from life, he begins to have great expectations. Later in the story he is given the opportunity to become educated...

brought there. Pip tells of this meeting in a calm voice, almost serene, but his powers of observation are acute. He describes th...

1824-1827 he was a "day pupil at a school in London" (Cody). But the year in the blacking factory "haunted him all of his life" t...

the boy to play at the wealthy Miss Havershams mansion. Her uppity niece Estella immediately dismissed the blue-collar boy as com...

Dickens appears to introduce Charles Darnays mother for the sole purpose of establishing her as the source for Darnays personal in...

accountable. In one of his most memorable works, Great Expectations (1860-1861), Dickens tackled the social hypocrisy that was ru...

of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...

in England, were something of a novelty, and indeed broke with narrative tradition in a number of compelling ways. One of the most...

way the housekeeper Nelly Dean cares for generations of motherless children of the intertwined Linton and Earnshaw families, compa...

In seven pages the transformation of Pip throughout the course of the novel is chronicled. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how social values are presented in this novel by Charles Dickens in a consideration of setting, po...

In five pages Chapter XXXIX of Dickens' novel is examined in the text passage that reveals the convict Magwitch to be the financia...

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the Victorian era as represented in the Dickens novel is considered in terms of its false values,...

In 9 pages this paper considers Dickens' views on class consciousness as reflected in the novel that reveals much about Victorian ...

In a paper consisting of 5 pages rounded characters versus flat characters are considered within the context of Dicken's novel as ...

conditions within the factories were terrible. Unfortunately, it can be said that they same disgraces that Dickens saw during his ...

One of the reasons for this is that Dickens expertly wove just about every emotion and every tale of human nature into this one gr...

shining armor since he has redesigned his house to look like a castle. However, he does not bring this kind and generous nature in...

133). Pips struggle to make sense of the inscription on his parents tombstones has been interpreted by some critics as his firs...

In seven pages the ways in which Dickens' portrays childhood during the 19th century in his classic novels Great Expectations, Oli...

of one of the children we hear about that is constantly abused as a child, but seems to understand what responsibility is, what lo...

lure or seduce Louise away from her husband. Mrs. Sparsit seems to truly enjoy herself in this job, envisioning the staircase of s...

one down. It is a story of hope in a world where there is hunger and darkness. It is an uplifting book because Oliver goes through...

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...

In fourteen pages this paper presents a character analysis of the realistic character of Nancy featured in Oliver Twist by Charles...

none of the women in Gatsby are particularly likeable, but even so, the book retains its power. Daisy Buchanan Lets start with Da...

linked to societal ideas of the early eighteenth century as to what constituted a "proper" middle class English life. This is evid...