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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is an early exploration of ‘romance fraud’

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is an early exploration of ‘romance fraud’

Although romance fraud is a 21st-century term, through the character of Havisham, Dickens clearly demonstrated its often-devastating effects.

by Emma Linford

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is an early exploration of ‘romance fraud’

Although romance fraud is a 21st-century term, through the character of Havisham, Dickens clearly demonstrated its often-devastating effects.

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Sibrosan@mastodon.social ·

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I got hooked on Dickens after reading Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore (about the history of Australia as a penal colony) which referred to this book, Great Expectations.

I had associated Dickens with sugary Disney sentimentalism, but the historical realism and strong story telling in the actual books came as a revelation.

I enjoyed this book a lot!

Project Gutenberg@mastodon.social ·

@sibrosan The Fatal Shore is on my TBR list 2011…. must read it some day. And I do love Great Expectations as well, great book imo.