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Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens.

The original text

Set in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century, the novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip, and was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. Chapman & Hall published the novel in three volumes in October 1861.


Translations and adaptations

Adapted for the stage by


Performance history in South Africa

1990: An adaptation for the stage was presented by NAPAC at the Natal Playhouse Drama Theatre, directed by Deon Opperman, from 7 September.


Sources

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The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip.


Sources

Theatre programme and press clipping held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 15. 39.

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