Writing Through the Classics: Great Expectations:

by Charles Dickens, Terena Bell (Editor)

Overview

Writing Through the Classics publishes classic novels in their entirety, adding endnotes on fiction craft that explain the devices their original authors used — like plotting, dialogue, or characterization. Writers' exercises and prompts then guide you through how to apply these same techniques to your own work.

In this edition of Great Expectations, we offer insights on foreshadowing, pacing, when it's okay to reuse work you've written before, and how to hook a reader like the Dickens. Tips are accessible to both novelists and short story writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781668521557
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/22/2021
Series:	Writing Through the Classics
Pages:	568
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.15(d)

About the Author

Writing Through the Classics publishes classic novels in their entirety, adding endnotes on fiction craft that explain the devices their original authors used — like plotting, dialogue, or characterization. Writers’ exercises and prompts then guide you through how to apply these same techniques to your own work.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington

Editorial Reviews

#4 on 2021 "5 Books to Help You Read Like a Writer" list

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