| Description |
xiii, 152 pages : portrait ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 6 |
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Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 147-149. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations.
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Friendship in literature.
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| ISBN |
0805779566 alkaline paper $17.95 |
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9780805779561 alkaline paper |
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080578005X paperback alk paper |
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9780805780055 paperback alk paper |
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