Great Expectations: Chapters 52-59
“Ever the best of friends; ain’t us, Pip?”
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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