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Great Expectations

American  

noun

  1. a novel (1861) by Charles Dickens.


Great Expectations Cultural  
  1. (1861) A novel by Charles Dickens. Worldly ambitions lead a young boy, Pip, to abandon his true friends.


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Like A Friend, a rarity from the soundtrack to 1998's Great Expectations, feels like a particularly odd choice for a festival set, especially when they omit the fan favourite Razzmatazz.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023

Knight's "Great Expectations" isn't for the prudish or for purists, which those who saw his rendition of "A Christmas Carol" probably guessed.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

The first two episodes of "Great Expectations" are streaming on Hulu.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Great Expectations - along with A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist - is one of Dickens' most popular stories.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

This was a new city and a foreign country, the city of Vanity Fair and Great Expectations.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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