Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens.
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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.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations
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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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