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Informationen zum Autor Charles Dickens Klappentext ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dickens's timeless tale of an orphan boy's extraordinary journey through life. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information - A chronology of the author's life and work - A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context - An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations - Detailed explanatory notes - Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work - Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction - A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON Zusammenfassung Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text! enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Set in nineteenth-century England! Great Expectations is Dickens’s timeless tale of an orphan boy’s extraordinary journey through life. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work! the author’s personal history! and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. Read with confidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction Great Expectations The Original Ending of Great Expectations Literary Allusions and Notes Critical Excerpts Charles Dickens on Great Expectations Suggestions for Further Reading...
