Re: Ending to Great Expectations
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:49:31 -0100
My dear Miss LaFleur,
The second ending of "Great Expectations" was something my good friend
Bulwer Lytton persuaded me to write. He was convinced my public would be
disappointed by my original ending, in which Pip and Estella meet for a
final time and part for ever. I should never have permitted the publication
of the second ending, had I not been convinced it was superior.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>Dear Mr. Dickens,
>
>Why did you write a second ending to *Great Expectations*? Which ending
>did you personally like better?
>
>Melanie LaFleur
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>Melanie LaFleur
>Many High School
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>(318) 256-2114
>lafleur@cp-tel.net
>
>"Nothing's fair but everything counts." Colleen Dewhurst
>
>
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