Charles Dickens applies a variety of techniques in the opening of his novel "Great Expectations" which allow us to gain a deeper understanding of the novel. ... "Great Expectations" was published in thirty-six weekly installments in "All Year Round." ... Dickens uses a variety of narrative features that does this very successfully which is evident from a close reading from the opening scene of "Great Expectations.... Pip begins with a misunderstanding of how to pronounce his own name saying so "I called myself Pip" which highlights the idea of him making his ...

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This is one of the reasons Pip accepts his Great Expectations. ... When Pip first came, she disliked him and called him a "common boy" because Ms. ... For Pip accepting his Great Expectations, if Estella had not been in the book, he would be more reluctant to accept his Great Expectations. ... In Pip's being chosen for his Great Expectations, Estella played a large role. ... (The Clarendon Dickens, edited by Kathleen Tillotson et al. (5 volumes published, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966- ). ...

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It will also talk about one of his great works of literature. ... He won his first literary fame with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Published in monthly parts in 1836 and 1837 the book describes the humorous adventure and misadventures of the English Countryside. ... The first was a series of public readings and lectures which he began giving it systematically. ... These charities included schools for poor children and a loan society to enable the poor to prove to Australia. 11 Then about 1865 his health started to decline and he died of a stroke on June 9, 1870. 12 Dicken&#x...

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He wrote chiefly novels such as Hard times, Great expectations , The Posthumorous Papers of the Pickwick Club. He was great humanist and critic of social conditions. ... This novel was serialized in 1837-9 and published in a book form in 1838. ... Charles Dickens in the first part describes the poor life of Oliver Twist. ... At first she unknowing harms him because she helps by kidnapping him from the house of the rich people. ...

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