Great Expectations
Introduction
The novel I read this time is “Great Expectations” written by Charles Dickens
(1812-1870). He is the greatest representative of English critical realism. Dickens was born
in a poor family. At the age of 12, his father was put in prison and young Dickens was sent
to work in a factory. From 1827 to 1829, Dickens worked as a clerk in a low firm and later
as a newspaper reporter. Dickens was horned by the Queen of England three months before
his death on June 9, 1810. The words of his grave read as follows “by his death, one of
England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”He has many masterpieces, such as “A tale of
cities” “David Copperfield” “Hard time” “Oliver Twist” and so on. “Great Expectations”
is one of his masterpieces. The story in this book happened in middle of 19 century and it
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