Great Expectations, the product of Dickens’s mature experience, is considered by many to be his best novel. At once powerful in the subject and entertaining in style, the novel is peopled, as is usual with Dickens, by a myriad of interesting characters—good, bad, hypocritical, greedy, hard-hearted and noble. The present Critical Evaluation of Great Expectations comprises: Background Information to Charles Dickens and his Novel Detailed Chapter-wise Summary of the Novel with Critical Comments Comprehensive Discussion on Important Textual Aspects and the Characters in the Novel Important University Questions with Answers Selected Literary Criticism Selected Literary Criticism