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'Great Expectations' is a story about the life of Pip. Dickens's seems to understand how to make the books message come alive. The intricate use of expectations, in the case of psychology and as the potential great endowment, is extremely well done. Expectation rarely ever come about as expected. At each potential turning point of the book, the reader may expect the a change of circumstances, while Dickens never obliges or at least not right away. The way the story unfolds, the various links between characters, create a tale is exceptional. The character buildup is amazing. Although the language and descriptive factors are hard to relate to in the 21th century, the book just requires the reader to slow down to adapt to it. Some sarcasm is not readily understood. ( ) This is my first Dickens novel (I had only read A Christmas Carol before), and I enjoyed it quite a lot. More than I was expecting. One tends to think of 19th century literature as probably slow and filled with lengthy descriptions, but this was very readable and character focused. Dickens' characters are interesting. Many of them are memorable because of their eccentricities, but even though those eccentricities define them, they do not feel like mere caricatures. They are infused with such vitality and Dickens describes them with such conviction that they seem perfectly real. The prose is entertaining and the way Dickens describes the moments of emotional intensity is particularly admirable. He was been accused of sentimentality, and he is indeed guilty of that, but for me it is a feature rather than a bug, and part of the charm of this novel. There are a few coincidences in the plot that may stretch readers' credulity. Also, some parts near the end feel a bit rushed. I didn't care. I was too invested in the central theme of the novel, the moral conflict within Pip's soul. Would the good-natured, generous boy triumph, or would he be destroyed by the excessive ambitions that made him reject those who loved him, his Great Expectations? This is a story that remains in my mind after reading it, and I have no doubt that this will not be the last Dickens novel I read. I took a buzz-feed quiz on which classic novel I should read and got this. 1) The cover is beautiful. 2) I thought Miss Havisham was a ghost the entire story. I loved Estella the most as a character. She proves that every individual has the ability to love; despite their background. One of my favorites.
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HTML: Pip is content with his simple life until a bitter gentlewoman employs him as a sometime companion to herself and her adopted daughter. Pip then aspires to become a gentleman himself, though his dreams are unrealistic until the day he mysteriously comes into a fortune and is sent to London to become refined. The story follows Pip's journey into adulthood and emotional maturity and understanding. .No library descriptions found.
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