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Key Facts about Great Expectations
Extra Credit for Great ExpectationsSerial Fiction – In the Victorian era, books were often published by magazines in serial installments before they were printed as complete books. Great Expectations was serialized in All the Year Round, the weekly magazine Dickens' founded and ran.
Alternative Endings – Great Expectations has been published with two different endings. Dickens' rewrote the original ending in response to complaints that it was too sad. Most contemporary editions of the novel are published with this revised (and happier) ending.
- Full Title: Great Expectations
- When Written: 1860-1861
- Where Written: Kent, England
- When Published: Serialized from 1860-1861; published in 1861
- Literary Period: Victorian Era
- Genre: Coming-of-Age Novel (Bildungsroman)
- Setting: Kent and London, England
- Climax: When Pip discovers his patron
- Antagonist: Orlick, Bentley Drummle, and Compeyson
- Point of View: First person (Pip is the narrator)
Extra Credit for Great ExpectationsSerial Fiction – In the Victorian era, books were often published by magazines in serial installments before they were printed as complete books. Great Expectations was serialized in All the Year Round, the weekly magazine Dickens' founded and ran.
Alternative Endings – Great Expectations has been published with two different endings. Dickens' rewrote the original ending in response to complaints that it was too sad. Most contemporary editions of the novel are published with this revised (and happier) ending.