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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books (Oxford World’s Classics, 2006) (ed.) Great Expectations (Oxford World’s Classics, 2008) (ed. with Seamus Perry) Tennyson Among the Poets: Bicentenary Essays (Oxford University Press, 2009) (ed.) London Labour and the London Poor: A Selected Edition (Oxford World's Classics, 2010) (ed.)
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by English author Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip . It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield , to be fully narrated in the first person.
The Oxford History of the United States is an ongoing multivolume narrative history of the United States published by Oxford University Press. Conceived in the 1950s and launched in 1961 under the co-editorship of historians Richard Hofstadter and C. Vann Woodward , the series has been edited by David M. Kennedy since 1999.
Compeyson is the main antagonist of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations, a 'George Wickham'-esque man, whose criminal activities harmed two people, who in turn shaped much of protagonist Pip's life. [1] Compeyson abandoned Miss Havisham at the altar, and later got Abel Magwitch arrested.
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. [ 2 ]
The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens, published in 1860–1861. [1]In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round, and the "Uncommercial Traveller" articles would be among his main contributions.
Every year, celebrities try to capitalize on the holiday season by releasing festive music. Singers like Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, and Michael Bublé managed to perfect the cheesy art form ...
Set in 19th century London, Jack Maggs is a reworking of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.The story centres around Jack Maggs (the equivalent of Magwitch) and his quest to meet his 'son' Henry Phipps (the equivalent of Pip), who has mysteriously disappeared, having closed up his house and dismissed his household.