... even intergrate themselves into the system is through disease. Between 1848-49 there was an outbreak of Cholera in London which in itself highlighted that the plight of the lower classes could no longer ignored. In the novel Tom-All-Alone's is described as being able to "polute, this very night, the choice stream of a woman's house through every door of society". (BH 710) That the disease leaves Esther permanently ... (BH 300) In regard to the detective, Jo considers Bucket to be "in all manner of places, all at wunst". (BH 717) It is no small wonder that the lower classes do not active...

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... thirty miles south-east of London. There his family lived between 1817 and 1822. Charles loved the sights and sounds of the busy shipbuilding center, ... The rebellion continued the challenge of royal decrees and the mutinous mood of the royal army forced the king to capitulate. On June 27 he ordered the refractory nobility and clergy to join the unicameral legislature, which then designated itself the National Constituent Assembly. Yielding to pressure from the queen and the d'Artois. At the same time, Necker, the popular apostle of a regenerated France, was again dismissed from the gov...

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... of class distinction is evident throughout the novel as Dickens demonstrates the snobbish attitudes of Victorian society. One of the main characters used to portray these attitudes is Miss Havisham who allows Pip to believe that she is his mysterious benefactor. Miss Havisham, from the beginning of the novel allows the social distinctions between classes to become evident as she makes Pip feel ashamed of his home, his background, and himself. She allows Pip to play ... area of London is the centre of the criminal world, and hence the reason that Dickens allows Pip in the Great Expectati...

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