... beliefs of its time. However, its most prominent influence has perhaps been on contemporary literature. This influence is especially noticeable in English author Charles Dickens" acclaimed novel, "Great Expectations". The impression of the Victorian perception of a "gentleman" has been incorporated in this novel. During this Age, a true gentleman was characterized by his virtues and not his gentiltiy. He was capable of ... According to them: "no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner." (Great Expectation: p.204). Pip himself ...

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