Social Themes and Contexts in “Great Expectations" (original) (raw)

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• Dickens, The Westminster Review, and the Convict Question
• Courtroom Experience in Victorian England at the time of Great Expectations
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• Victorian London Theater: Dickens on the Right to Amusement for the Working Class

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