Charles Dickens 
Great Expectations – Dickens 

Charles Dickens was an influential English writer, the most famous novelist of the Victorian era. Born in 1812 in the city of Portsmouth, even without the opportunity to receive a formal education, he became one of the great writers of world literature. Great Expectations, a classic by Charles Dickens published in 1861, is a kind of political fairy tale about ‚dirty money, ‚ an exploration of memory and literature, and a disturbing portrait of identity instability. Shorter and written more quickly than the enormous social panoramas of the 1850s, Dickens is one of those writers every good reader should know, and Great Expectations is one of his literary successes. The work has been adapted several times for the screen and is part of the famous collection: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer, author of the novels ‚David Copperfield, ‚ ‚Oliver Twist, ‚ ‚A Christmas Carol, ‚ among others. He was the most popular and humane of English novelists. A master of suspense, satirical humor, and horror, Dickens portrays the London of his time. He was received by Queen Victoria as a great representative of English literature.