![]() Pip (as opposed to young Pip, who is rather charming) - none of his repentance and retrospective self-deprecation was enough for me.While I see the craft in this book, and the rich imagery that makes it so beloved of English teachers, it is not my favorite Boz. Perhaps that's why I stop remembering it: the sidelights fade. In the introduction to this edition, John Irving mentions that the language shifts when the plot takes off. ![]() The parts of it I cherish are the sidelights: Magwitch, Wemmick and his Aged Parent. It's been my secret shame.So I'm writing this review to remind me. I have, three or four times, but the very first time, I didn't finish it (we were reading it aloud on a class trip, and the trip ended) and somehow, no matter how often I read it, I think I've never finished it. The problem is, I believe I haven't read it. ![]() I have a problem with Great Expectations. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |