Pls tell me the setting in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens?

Answer 1

Great Expectations is a Bildungsroman (a novel tracing the life of the protagonist) by Charles Dickens and first serialized in All the Year Round from December 1860 to August 1861.

The action of the story takes place from Christmas Eve, 1812, when the protagonist Pip is about seven years old, to the winter of 1840. You can't really call this Victorian Engand: only tbe last 3 years of the novel's time-span fall within the reign of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne as an 18 year-old in 1837.

The physical setting

Rochester, Kent and surrounding countryside – locale of Pip's childhood home

London, Richmond (in Surrey) and environs in the early 19th century – primary location of the events of Pip's adult life

Real places referred to

The marshes - Wetlands on the banks of the River Thames estuary in Kent near to Pip's boyhood home and town.

The Hulks - Prison ships anchored off the marshes holding prisoners who are to be transported to Australia as punishment.

Little Britain - Old London neighbourhood of narrow streets and location of Mr. Jaggers's offices.

Newgate Prison - ancient prison near Mr. Jaggers's office, where criminals are imprisoned and executed.

Fictional places in Kent

The Forge - the workplace and home of Pip and his family. In the forge itself his substitute father Joe Gargery works as a master blacksmith. Pip later works there as his apprentice.

Satis House - also known as Manor House, Miss Havisham's ruined mansion where she lives with her adopted daughter Estella, and where Pip serves for years as her periodic companion.

The Three Jolly Bargemen - The public house and general meeting place of Pip's town.

The Blue Boar - Inn/hotel in Pip's home town.

Fictional places in London

Barnard's Inn - Shabby apartment block in London where Pip shares a flat with Herbert Pocket.

The Castle - Wemmick's fanciful home, where he lives with his father and receives Pip.

The Temple - Location of houses where Pip and Herbert move, and where Pip meets his benefactor.

Answer 2

Great Expectations is set in early Victorian England, the story starts in the marshes of Kent and later moves to London.

Answer 3

Great Expectations is one of the best novels I have ever read. But yes it is a bit dry. My advice would be renting the movie with Ethan Hawk and Gwenyth Paltrow it follows the book closely and I think you would have a better appreciation for the characters after seeing the movie. Good Luck.

Answer 4

London, and everything for me in that novel was grim. I read the whole thing and said "I'll never force myself to read a book I don't like again"

Answer 5

London, England in the 1600s I believe.

Answer 6

19th century London

Answer 7

London and Sussex.

Answer 8

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-118.html

HE didn't have a computer, or cliff's notes :)