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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is an early exploration of ‘romance fraud’Although romance fraud is a 21st-century term, through the character of Havisham, Dickens clearly demonstrated its often-devastating effects.by Emma Linfordhttps://theconversation.com/great-expectations-by-charles-dickens-is-an-early-exploration-of-romance-fraud-241820?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2027%202026%20-%203749638391&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2027%202026%20-%203749638391+CID_7fa3584856c204abae960b4c1211e00d&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Great%20Expectations%20by%20Charles%20Dickens%20is%20an%20early%20exploration%20of%20romance%20fraudGreat Expectations at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400#Books #Literature
(DIR) Post #B5iUg4kjGv2Xt6ViMq by sibrosan@mastodon.social
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@gutenberg_org I got hooked on Dickens after reading Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore (about the history of Australia as a penal colony) which referred to this book, Great Expectations.I had associated Dickens with sugary Disney sentimentalism, but the historical realism and strong story telling in the actual books came as a revelation.I enjoyed this book a lot!
(DIR) Post #B5ic0i7hIodPSp2Z0K by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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@sibrosan The Fatal Shore is on my TBR list 2011…. must read it some day. And I do love Great Expectations as well, great book imo.