TY - BOOK AU - Hornback,Bert G. TI - Great expectations: a novel of friendship SN - 0805779566 (alk. paper) : AV - PR4560 .H6 1987 U1 - 823/.8 19 PY - 1987/// CY - Boston PB - Twayne KW - Dickens, Charles, KW - Dickens, Charles KW - Friendship in literature KW - Great Expectations (Dickens) KW - gtt N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 147-149; Historical context -- The importance of the work -- Critical reception -- Dickens's expectations -- Pip's story: the first-person narrative -- Pip's education -- Pip's education, continued -- Magwitch -- Hands, chains, parts and partings, clicks -- Chains, etc., part 2 -- Guilt -- Language and other things -- Conclusion N2 - Hornback gives us a comprehensive overview of Great expectations, locates the work within the context of Dickens's life and other works, and illuminates major themes and concepts UR - http://www.archive.org/details/greatexpectation00horn UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL2735138M ER -