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Oneofthemostpopularnovelistsever,CharlesDickenswroteaboutwhathesawin19thcenturyLondon:orphans,childlabor,andthecrimethatwasrampantinthecityatthetime.Inthe1861bestsellerGreatExpectations,hewoveallofthesethemesintoataleofmysteryandpersonaldevelopment.Thestoryofayoungorphanboy—poorandalone,butwhiskedawaytoLondonbyaanonymousbenefactor—isafantastictale,completewithplottwistsandalovestorythatputsmanymodernnovelstoshame.Tothisday,GreatExpectationsremainsoneofDickens’sgreatestachievements.NowavailableaspartoftheCanterburyClassicssinglesseries,thenovelisamust-haveadditiontothelibrariesofallclassicliteraturelovers.