Great Expectations was first published as a "three-decker" (in ... which charged a fee for those who wished to borrow and read current novels and other books. However, this copy was purchased by an ...

and Great Expectations. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 at what was then 1 Mile End Terrace (now 393 Commercial Road), Landport in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Elizabeth and ...