Table of Contents

Introduction A Literary Analysis of Great Expectations What Was a "Gentleman" in the Early Nineteenth Century? Estella and Biddy: The Dilemma of Victorian Women Apprenticeship and the Blacksmith Crime and Punishment in Great Expectations The Hulks and Penal Transportation Australia: Making a Fortune in the Outback The Bow Street Police English Private Theatres in the Early Nineteenth Century The Marsh Country and the River Index

About the Author

GEORGE NEWLIN is an independent scholar who manages to combine his background in the legal profession with his passion for the arts and literature. He is the author of Understanding A Tale of Two Cities (1998) for the Greenwood Press Literature in Context series. He is the compiler and editor of the three-volume Everyone in Dickens (Greenwood, 1995), and Everything in Dickens (Greenwood, 1996).

Reviews

"Although I have read Great Expectations half a dozen times, George Newlin's impressive study showed me new depths and meanings I'd never glimpsed before. Further, Newlin writes very, very well: clearly, but with weight. Academics should take a lesson, and Dickens lovers should read the book post haste."-John Jakes Author of the Kent Family Chronicles Writer of the new musical, Great Expectations

?We have reviewed other books in the Literature in Context Series enthusiastically and this casebook is no exception. So, if your English teachers teach this novel, then this is an essential purchase....Highly recommended.?-Reference for Students -- GaleGroup.com Reviews

"We have reviewed other books in the Literature in Context Series enthusiastically and this casebook is no exception. So, if your English teachers teach this novel, then this is an essential purchase....Highly recommended."-Reference for Students -- GaleGroup.com Reviews