Great Expectations 3
Beginning of paper
The very title of this book indicates the confidence of conscious
genius. In a new aspirant for public favor, such a title might have
been a good device to attract attention; but the most famous
novelist of the day, watched by jealous rivals and critics, could
hardly have selected it, had he no ....
Middle of paper
.... the former class, that each
surprise was the result of art, and not of trick; for a rapid review
of previous chapters has shown that the materials of a strictly
logical development of the story were freely given. Even after the
first, second, third, and even fourth of these surprises gave their
pleasing electric shocks to intelligent curiosity, the denouement
was still hidden, though confidentially foretold. The plot of the
romance is therefore universally admitted to be the best ....
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Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
