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Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
Victorian · Novel
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens. Pip’s mysterious fortune and social aspirations lead him through shame, illusion, loyalty, and moral education.
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- Date
- 1860–1861
- Origin
- England
- Era
- Victorian
- Genre
- Novel
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Pip’s mysterious fortune and social aspirations lead him through shame, illusion, loyalty, and moral education.
This work is included on the basis of bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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