Download or read book Miss Havisham s Revenge Or Estella s Missing Years written by Alanna Knight and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estella is a tale of love, loss and redemption based on the heroine of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.
Download or read book Great Expectations Annotated with Character Analysis written by Harper Black and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Expectations (Annotated With Character Analysis)"A top-notch mystery, engaging throughout and quite moving at the end." -Publishers WeeklyOne of the most celebrated and influential novels of the past two centuries tells the vivid and unforgettable coming-of-age story of the orphan PipDo love literary classics? Then this book is one for the ages. The Book "Great Expectations" is a story about an orphan named Pip, who falls in love with a woman of a higher class and greater fortune, and being given riches by a mysterious benefactor, decides to become a gentleman. If you are a Charles Dickens fan and "rags to riches" stories lover, then you are going to love reading this book!Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...A character analysisA brief background of the AuthorAccess to a literary classic that is read throughout the worldMuch, much more!A lot of people need an escape from the daily grind of life, but luckily Charles Dickens' Great Expectations can provide that escape through this classic novel
Download or read book Estella s Revenge written by Barbara Havelocke and published by Hera books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Loved it from the very first page - Estella is a superbly well-drawn character and absolutely unforgettable.' Frances Quinn You know Miss Havisham. The world's most famous jilted bride. This is her daughter’s story. Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart cold as the grave. She knows she doesn’t feel things quite like other people do but is this just the result of her strange upbringing? As she watches the brutal treatment of women around her, hatred hardens into a core of vengeance and when she finds herself married to the abusive Drummle, she is forced to make a deadly choice: Should she embrace the darkness within her and exact her revenge? A stunningly original, gripping Gothic read, perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Madeline Miller and Jessie Burton. Readers are stunned by Estella's Revenge: ‘The genius concept behind this book is so irresistible, it makes the novel feel like magic...Charles Dickens's spirit would be definitely securing his copy now!’ Sophie Hannah ‘A deliciously dark Gothic treat... wow... it was like discovering a secret door in Great Expectations where an alternative character is centre stage - and what a character she is! This is an intelligent, original and hugely entertaining treat’ Janice Hallett ‘Masterfully constructed, complex, immersive and delivered through Havelocke’s beautiful prose. Both heartbreaking and uplifting, this is an absolute must-read.' Rebecca Netley 'Thrillingly dark and beautifully written, this twisty Gothic tale will grip you to the last page and beyond.' Bella Ellis ‘Deliciously creepy and decidedly dark...It’s so beautifully written, it gripped me from the very first sentence and would not let me go until I finished reading.’ Jessica Bull 'I truly cannot rave about this book enough!... Estella's Revenge is a dark, cunning story full of twists and turns and with plenty of heart.' Victoria Hawthorne ‘A darkly ingenious take on a classic character, Estella’s story had me gripped. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.’ Susi Holliday ‘Utterly beautiful.’ Louise Beech 'Meticulously researched and full of dark intrigue... A page-turning delight.' Sarah Ward ‘Barbara Havelocke...makes the era come alive for the reader...A story with great depth' Valerie Keogh ‘A dream to read...I believe that this book will in time be shelved next to Great Expectations as an essential complimentary read... Stunning.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I absolutely loved this. A retelling of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations? Please, yes, give it to me. This absolutely DELIVERED.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Superbly and skilfully written. Great characters, twists and turns and a terrific gothic eeriness.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Unusual. Impeccable. Riveting.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Fascinating and intriguing... dark, gothic and suspenseful.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A masterpiece. ’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Wow!...A riveting and satisfying read.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Estella...is a marvel and a masterpiece.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review
Download or read book The Art of Character written by David Corbett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former private investigator and New York Times notable author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring, and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization-from initial inspiration to realization-with special insights into the power of secrets and contradictions, the embodiment of roles, managing the "tyranny of motive," and mastering crucial techniques required for memorable dialogue and unforgettable scenes. This is a how-to guide for both aspiring and accomplished writers that renders all other books of its kind obsolete.
Download or read book Charles Dickens and the Form of the Novel written by Graham Daldry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987. While there have been commentaries on his humour, his seriousness, his social concerns, and other specific aspects of his work such accounts have only tended to divide our understanding of the novels, to lead us to see them as failures of artistic unity. In this book the author seeks to address this question of unity and find a terminology that can treat language, plot and representation of reality as a coherent imaginative effort. This thesis is worked out in detail with reference to several of the novels, and represents a challenging re-evaluation Dickens’ achievement as a novelist. This book will be if interest to student of literature.
Download or read book Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the finest novels by iconic British author Charles Dickens, this Victorian tale follows the good-natured orphan Pip as he makes his way through life. As a boy, Pip crosses paths with a convict named Magwitch, a man who will heavily influence Pip’s adulthood. Meanwhile, the earnest young man falls for the beautiful Estella, the adoptive daughter of the affluent and eccentric Miss Havisham. Widely considered to be Dickens's last great book, the story is steeped in romance and features the writer's familiar themes of crime, punishment, and societal struggle.
Download or read book The Burdens of Perfection written by Andrew H. Miller and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of moral perfectionism in nineteenth-century British culture, this book reads a wide range of essayists, poets, and novelists through the lens of ethics and philosophy of mind.
Download or read book Fortune s Wheel written by Elizabeth A. Campbell and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the ways that Charles Dickens appropriated and made central to his novels the dominant symbol of his age. The author argues that Dickens' contribution to the iconographic and narrative traditions was to fuse the classical image of the wheel - fortune - with the industrial one.
Download or read book Screening The Novel written by Keith Selby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book takes as its theme the relationship between literature and the contemporary means of production and distribution collectively termed 'the media' - in particular, film and television. The intention of the book is to explore and evaluate the mutual opportunities and restrictions in this relationship. In the grammar of our culture there seems to be an accepted opinion that print is superior in terms of cultural production to film, radio or television, that to read a book is somehow a 'higher' cultural activity than seeing a play on television or seeing a film. By the same token, a novel is a 'superior' work of art to film or television. The longer perspective reveals that traditionally there always is a greater respect paid to the previous mode of literary production - poetry was superior to drama, poetic drama was superior to the novel, and film attained cult and classic status initially over television.
Download or read book The Ladies Companion written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Writing Genre Fiction written by H. Thomas Milhorn and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years ago, after many years of writing nonfiction, I decided to write a novel-a medical thriller in the mold of Robin Cook, Michael Crichton, and Michael Palmer. The problem was that, although I knew how to write and had received a number of awards for nonfiction works, I didn't know the how to write fiction. So, before putting fingers to keyboard I did a thorough search of the literature, which included reading numerous books and hundreds of website articles. What I discovered was that there simply wasn't one good source from which to learn the craft of writing genre fiction. "Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft" is the book I was looking for when I set out on my quest to learn how to write fiction. It is an attempt to share what I learned from my research. It covers the six key elements of genre fiction; the various genres and subgenres; a large number of genre-fiction writing techniques; plot, subplots, and parallel plots; structure; scene and sequel; characterization; dialogue; emotions; and body language. It also covers additional information about copyrighting and plagiarism, where to get ideas, manuscript formatting and revision, and query letters and synopses. In addition, an appendix covers a large number of grammar tips.
Download or read book The Works of Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Orphans written by Jeremy Seabrook and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, malevolent, and in need of discipline. Drawing on historic documents, interviews and memoirs, Jeremy Seabrook charts history's changing and often loose definitions of "orphans," and explores their many "makers"--from natural or man-made catastrophes to the State, charity, and other social forces that have separated children, especially the poor, from their close kin. But this history is not only one of suffering: Orphans also reveals the uncounted millions taken in and loved by relatives, neighbors or strangers. Freed from constraints and driven by insecurity, many orphans--including Nelson Mandela, Marilyn Monroe and Steve Jobs--have led remarkable lives.
Download or read book Charles Dickens written by Donald Hawes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular and important today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterised the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book will provide a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.
Download or read book Literature and Human Equality written by Stewart Justman and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stewart Justman presents Western literature from Shakespeare, Dickens, and others, to show how they changed the appearance of literature with new ways of constructing a tale.
Download or read book A History of English Literature written by Michael Alexander and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the Old English period through to the present day, discussing a wide range of key authors without losing its clarity or verve. Building on the book's established reputation and success, the third edition has been revised and updated throughout. It now provides a full final chapter on the contemporary scene, with more on genres and the impact of globalization. This accessible book remains the essential companion for students of English literature and literary history, or for anyone wishing to follow the unfolding of writing in England from its beginnings. It is ideal for those who know a few landmark texts, but little of the literary landscape that surrounds them; those who want to know what English literature consists of; and those who simply want to read its fascinating story. New to this Edition: - Fully revised throughout - A full final chapter on contemporary writing, with closer attention paid to the growing diversity of literatures in English in the British Isles
