Great Expectations (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- First Published: 1860
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Sensation novel
- Subjects: Genealogy, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Mistaken or secret identity, Friendship, Hope, Poverty or poor people, England or English people, Duty, Lower classes, Money, Identity, Orphans or orphanages, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Blacksmithing or blacksmiths
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
*River Thames (tehmz). River in southern England that runs through London to the North Sea. Several places that figure in the novel stand along the river. Some eight miles to the west of London lies Richmond, on the river’s south bank, a stylish town in Surrey. After her “finishing school,” Estella comes to live here in Mrs. Brandley’s house on Richmond Green, to be introduced into fashionable London society, to continue to break men’s hearts. It is thus an extension of Satis House as a locus for Miss Havisham’s revenge.
*Hammersmith. Town on...
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