Lone Star Tears

Author: Charles Dickens
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Great Expectations (also translated as A Tale of Two Cities) is a work from his later period of creation. In literary history, this work, along with Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities, has become one of Dickens' representative works. The theme of Great Expectations is the corrupting influence of money. The protagonist, Pip, is originally an innocent rural boy who dreams of entering British high society. Later, he unexpectedly inherits a large fortune, and under the corrupting influence of money, this naive young man becomes a snob. When he becomes poor again, poverty helps him regain the innocence he once lost. In short, it is a worthwhile work to read.