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Charles Dickens was often faulted by his early critics for writing with more melodrama or realism than suited his readers' tastes. In 1861, E. S. Dallas suggested that this was part of Dickens' charm: "Faults there are in abundance, but who is going to find fault when the very essence of the fun is to commit faults?" Yet Lady Carlisle once delicately commented, "I know there are such unfortunate beings as pickpockets and streetwalkers … but I own I do not much wish to hear what they say to one another." Likewise, in 1862 Mrs. Margaret Oliphant found the novel "feeble, fatigued, and...
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- Great Expectations: Introduction
- Great Expectations: Summary
- Great Expectations: Overview
- Great Expectations: Charles Dickens Biography
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Great Expectations: Summary and Analysis
- Part 1, Chapter 1 Summary and Analysis
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- Part 1, Chapter 4 and 5 Summary and Analysis
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- Part 2, Chapter 32 and 33 Summary and Analysis
- Part 2, Chapter 34 and 35 Summary and Analysis
- Part 2, Chapter 36 and 37 Summary and Analysis
- Part 2, Chapter 38 and 39 Summary and Analysis
- Part 3, Chapter 40 and 41 Summary and Analysis
- Part 3, Chapter 42 and 43 Summary and Analysis
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Great Expectations: Quizzes
- Part 1, Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
- Part 1, Chapters 2 and 3 Questions and Answers
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- Part 2, Chapters 26 and 27 Questions and Answers
- Part 2, Chapters 28 and 29 Questions and Answers
- Part 2, Chapters 30 and 31 Questions and Answers
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- Part 3, Chapters 48 and 49 Questions and Answers
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- Part 3, Chapters 54 and 55 Questions and Answers
- Part 3, Chapters 56 and 57 Questions and Answers
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- Great Expectations: Essential Passages
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