Jon Michael Varese (Livres)

Jon Michael Varese Livres

L'œuvre de Jon Michael Varese explore l'évolution du roman britannique du XIXe siècle, démontrant une compréhension approfondie des courants stylistiques et thématiques qui ont façonné la littérature victorienne naissante. Son premier roman s'inspire de ses recherches sur l'histoire américaine du XIXe siècle, mêlant perspectives historiques et récits de fiction. Varese fait le lien entre l'analyse universitaire et la narration captivante, offrant aux lecteurs une perspective unique sur le passé. Son approche invite les lecteurs à explorer les liens complexes entre les événements historiques et le pouvoir durable de l'imagination humaine.

Great expectations

510pages
18 heures de lecture

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Great Expectations (first published in 1860/61) is one of the most mature and serious of Dickens's novels. As Angus Calder points out in his introduction, it re- sembles a detective story — but in the sense in which Oedipus Rex also resembles one. From the first shock of the early pages, when Pip encounters the convict Magwitch, the mystery grips our attention and its psychological and moral truth holds us until the end. For, in discovering the secret of his •great expecta- tions'. Pip also begins to discover the truth about himself. The cover shows a detail from 'A Country Blacksmith Disputing the Price of Iron' by J. M. W. Turner (photo: Rodney Todd-White) The portrait of Charles Dickens inside the front cover is taken from an engraving after a painting by W. P. Frith, by permission of the Trustees of the Dickens House