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Name: Mark Burgess Date: 26/03/07 Task: Are the opening two chapters of Great Expectations effective? How does Dickens ensure his readers both Victorian and contemporary, continue to read the novel? Text: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens In this essay I will be exploring how Dickens ensures that his readers would continue to read the novel after the first instalment. Great Expectations was written in the Victorian period by Charles Dickens, by choosing to release his novel in instalments Dickens had to have a very successful and engaging opening instalment. The novel depended on the success of the opening chapters to make a profit. The Victorian reader was also a big factor in the direction of the novel as Dickens had not yet finished writing the book when the first instalment was released. He could use the feedback off the Victorian reader to make the book more popular and successful; the book was a hit...

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