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21 hours ago · Great Expectations at Wikisource. Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (the book is a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story). It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person.
- Charles Dickens
- 544 (first edition 1861)
- 1860
- Novel, Bildungsroman
21 hours ago · Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
- 1 October 959 – 8 July 975
- Eadwig
- 943/944, England
- Edward the Martyr
21 hours ago · 1952 ( MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade. 1952 Summer Olympic Games.
