{"product_id":"great-expectations-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393960693","title":"Great Expectations: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45298523898007,"sku":"9780393960693","price":1504.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780393960693.webp?v=1769284347","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/great-expectations-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393960693","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}