{"product_id":"great-expectations-charles-dickens-9780393960693","title":"Great Expectations: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"The newly established text is based on all extant materials and is accompanied by several textual essays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Backgrounds\" provides readers with an understanding of \u003cem\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e's inception and internal chronology. A discussion of the public-reading version of the novel is also included. A wonderfully rich \"Contexts\" section collects thirteen pieces, centering on the novel's major themes: the link between author and hero and, relatedly, Victorian notions of gentility, snobbishness, and social mobility; the often brutal training, at home and at school, of children born around 1800; and the central issues of crime and punishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" gathers twenty-two assessments of \u003cem\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e, both contemporary and modern, which offer a range of perspectives on Dickens and his novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393960692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393960693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2012 pg. 61","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919680831743,"sku":"9780393960693","price":25.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d947a11c-ba64-4f17-9e1c-b84c5a856313.jpg?v=1680810724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/great-expectations-charles-dickens-9780393960693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}