{"product_id":"great-expectations-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393960693","title":"Great Expectations: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Expectations: A Norton Critical Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e by Dickens, Charles. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780393960693.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe newly established text is based on all extant materials and is accompanied by several textual essays.\n\n\"Backgrounds\" provides readers with an understanding of Great Expectationss 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 novels 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.\n\n\"Criticism\" gathers twenty-two assessments of Great Expectations, both contemporary and modern, which offer a range of perspectives on Dickens and his novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945354686517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393960692","price":27.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393960693_184a910f-939c-45e0-91ac-fea99f7c0aca.jpg?v=1778784288","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/great-expectations-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393960693","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}