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EPISODE · Jul 9, 2024 · 48 MIN

Great Expectations 5: The Villain Monologue

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This week, we finally conclude Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. How is the world restored to order? How are the good rewarded and the evil punished? What does it mean to be a good person in Dickens’ world, and who gets to live happily ever after?Next week: Binti, the first novella in Binti: The Complete Trilogy!Footnotes:Great ExpectationsCharles DickensUtilitarianism (John Stuart Mill)The Original Ending of Great Expectations (Unpublished)Great Expectations (1998)Great Expectations (2012)To support the podcast, join the conversation on Discord and get access to monthly bonus episodes, please visit Patreon.com/NextWord and pledge your support!Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction is a Next Word production, written and produced by Alastair Stephens. Copyright © 2024 Stars and Swords. All Rights Reserved. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week, we discuss the end of Great Expectations, and what it means to be good!

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This week, we finally conclude Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. How is the world restored to order? How are the good rewarded and the evil punished? What does it mean to be a good person in Dickens’ world, and who gets to live happily ever...

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