If I remember, part of the problem with "Great Expectations" is that Dickens changed the ending. Originally it was supposed to be an unhappy ending (i.e. he doesn't get the girl), which fit more with the theme of the book. But then a couple of his friends suggested he write a happier ending, because in the Victorian era you just didn't DO unhappy endings. So, we get a sudden, sappy and all-together unsatisfying ending.
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momijizukamori
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Date: 2005-10-09 03:52 pm (UTC)Meh.