Great Expectations - A Norton Critical Edition

Critical 1

Paperback (10 Feb 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The newly established text is based on all extant materials and is accompanied by several textual essays.

"Backgrounds" provides readers with an understanding of Great Expectations's inception and internal chronology.  A discussion of the public-reading version of the novel is also included.  A wonderfully rich "Contexts" section collects thirteen pieces, centering on the novel's major themes: the link between author and hero and, relatedly, Victorian notions of gentility, snobbishness, and social mobility; the often brutal training, at home and at school, of children born around 1800; and the central issues of crime and punishment.

"Criticism" gathers twenty-two assessments of Great Expectations, both contemporary and modern, which offer a range of perspectives on Dickens and his novel.

Book information

ISBN: 9780393960693
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint: W.W. Norton and Company
Pub date:
Edition: Critical 1
DEWEY: 823.8
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 748
Weight: 594g
Height: 235mm
Width: 143mm
Spine width: 23mm