Great hopes

Book name: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Al-Ahliya Number of pages: 459 Overview: Charles Dickens was keenly observant of what happens in life, and he had a broad understanding of human nature, especially youth. He showed compassion for the poor and the weak, and he criticized and ridiculed all selfish, greedy, hard-hearted people. Alongside that, he was an incredibly talented comedian. He sometimes attended school, and sometimes left it until he reached the age of fifteen; where he left it permanently and devoted himself to reading. He was influenced by early writers such as William Shakespeare, Tobias Smollett, and Henry Fielding. He became a newspaper correspondent in the late 1820s. Charles Dickens gained his first literary fame when he published his book "Pickwick Papers" in monthly installments (1836–1837), and this book achieved a fame rarely seen in literary history.