• How does Dickens Engage the Reader in the Opening Five Chapters of Great Expectations?

     

    Essays3 Literature

Evaluation:
Published: 19.04.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'How does Dickens Engage the Reader in the Opening Five Chapters of Great Expecta', 1.
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Extract

Charles Dickens was and still is a very popular and influential author. He was born almost 200 years ago and his stories were often based on the lives of the unfortunate in the 19th century in Britain. He created a great variety of characters and settings to produce work that is still adored today. But why was his work, I am especially focussing on Great Expectations, so engaging and how did the opening five chapters of Great Expectations encourage the reader to carry on?
Charles Dickens lived between the years of 1812 and 1870, and during this time wrote many stories. The general theme in…

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