"Great Expectations": GCSE study guide

Over 13 pages and 6000 words, this excellent study guide covers themes, characters, context, Dickens’s life, the writing of the novel and ideas for further study. Written by teacher, examiner and professional CUP and OUP writer, Frank Danes, it was originally published by OCR and is no longer available on their website. Now revised and fully updated, this comprehensive guide gives students everything they need to know about: the background of the novel - its writing, development, continuity errors and different endings; Dickens’s life and its relationship to Great Expectations ; themes, including social class, money and crime; ideas for further study, including film adaptations of the novel. Successfully used in the classroom, this guide would also suit AS and A level English Literature students.