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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens · 1861

Classics · ranked #5 in category

A blacksmith's boy, a mysterious fortune and the question of what really makes a gentleman — Dickens at his most personal.

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Category
Classics
First published
1861 · 1860s
Author
Charles Dickens
Standing
Essential Read

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