... "The idea of becoming a gentleman is almost synonymous with the Victorian era."3 This is clear to Florian Schweizer who believes that "It is beyond question, however, that David Copperfield and Great expectations are two significant contributions to the nineteenth century, trans-European discourse about the formation of character." Dickens is a very successful writer for that hugely appealed to ... the time period in which he wrote in. His novel was not published as one full book, it was released on a weekly basis. John Drew considers their approach to reaching readers innovative and sa...

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