Dickens manuscript illuminates author's workings
A new facsimile edition of Great Expectations, showing the writer's decisions and revisions, provides fresh insight into his creative genius
Dense with ink, a spider web of crossings-out, rewritings and even text-speak, the manuscript of Charles Dickens's much-loved novel Great Expectations – which has been published in facsimile for the first time – offers a unique insight into the mind of the great novelist.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 8 December, 2011
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