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• Puts Dickens's work into its literary, historical, and social contexts
• Traces the development of Dickens's career as a journalist and novelist
• Includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens's fifteen novels
• Explores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reform
• Examines...

Dickens' 13th novel has remained pre-eminent among readers for good reasons. "Great Expectations" (published originally as a weekly serial from 1860 to 1861) has an attractive yet flawed first-person narrator. The plot moves forward with compelling momentum, fueled by mystery, romance, and reversals, and graced with an artistry many consider Dickens' most nearly perfect literary achievement. This new reference companion sets out to recover and illuminate the Victorian culture and allusive verbal worlds that inform the novel. How distinctive are the story's temporal and topographical...