Charles Dickens - Publishing of Great Expectations

Dickens published Great Expectations on December 1st, 1860 and it ran for 36 installments, ending on August 3, 1861. It was made as a “serialized” book appearing in Harper's Weekly and was released every other week. It was later published by Chapman & Hall.

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Charles Dickens - Events during the writing of Great Expectations

Great Expectations was published in 1861 to resounding approvement from both his critics and fans. The novel also almost directly followed a period of retrospection in Dickens’ life, wherein he burned many personal letters and re-read the most auto-biographical of his novels, David Copperfield. During this time, he was also the publisher and editor of the journals Household Words and All Year Round.

Charles Dickens - Works

His most famous works are: A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, David Copperfield, all of which have been widely read all around the world. These books have a range of topics, however most are in the style of 18^th Century Gothic Romance, and satires on the British Aristocracy.

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Charles Dickens - Introduction

Charles Dickens was born on the 7th of February, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. He was the second of eight children in his family. He was an avid reader, devouring Tobias Smollet and Henry Fielding books at an early age. His pen name was Boz. His novels have never gone out of print as they were very popular.

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