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Great Expectations: Chapters 52-59
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Great Expectations: Chapters 52-59

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Hello, readers!

This week we finished what I consider to be among the greatest coming-of-age stories of all time. Many of my very favorite novels are in this category: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Jane Eyre, Harry Potter, even Lord of the Rings.

The bildungsroman — the German word for this genre — is a type of story that deals with its main character’s you…

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