Great Expectations: Getting Started

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Charles Dickens populates Great Expectations with diverse, multifaceted characters from both sides of the law. Within the novel, the good often suffer bitterly, whereas the bad often go unpunished. Why? What might Dickens be saying about law, justice, and morality in nineteenth-century England? Is this same sentiment shared in twenty-first century America?