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Titania,
Thanks so much for your fabulous review of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.
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I appreciate the compliment, Isis. You're new around here, aren't you?
It seems as if it might be time for you to introduce yourself.
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I re-read it about a year and a half ago and was blown away yet again by what a wonderful writer Dickens is and what a phenomenal tale the story encompasses.
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Great Expectations is a novel that a person can read again and again...and still enjoy as much, if not more, than the first time.
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There are both fairy-tale elements with the descriptions of the larger-than-life, withered Miss Havisham and her rotting twenty-year-old wedding gown and rotten cake covered with spiders and cobwebs and Pip's mysterious benefactor who grants Pip's heart's desire to be a gentleman so that he'll be good enough for Estella.
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I agree about the fairy-tale elements. I'm pleased you brought up this aspect of the story, Isis.
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And what a long-suffering love Pip has for Estella in spite of her heartlessness!
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Indeed. Estella is the fairy-tale princess that Pip fails to capture, in spite of his unquenchable devotion to her.
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I loved that description of Pip's feelings for her that you quoted. It was one of the passages I love most in the entire book.
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I'm glad I chose to quote that particular passage, then. It remains close to my heart.
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Just as it is for you, Great Expectations remains one of my all-time favorite books.
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I cannot imagine anyone not loving this book. I'm pleased to have discovered another Dickens buff who lists this among her favorites.
Many thanks for your wonderful comments, Isis. They are much appreciated!
~Titania