Why is the novel 'Great Expectations' called that way?

Charles Dickens decided to write another “ series” novel when his weekly magazine “ All the Year Round” started causing a steady loss of circulation. At that time,he called a war council of his team in his office and declared about his new work “ The name is GREAT EXPECTATIONS. I think a good name.”. read more

At that time,he called a war council of his team in his office and declared about his new work “ The name is GREAT EXPECTATIONS. I think a good name.” The novel also fully justifies the title. read more

The tension throughout the novel is one that is common to all of our lives; it is the inner struggle of believing that what we have been given in life is not enough, that we should always strive for something better and have great expectations of a more fulfilling future. read more

His great expectations arrive in the form of his fortune and are embodied in his dream of becoming a gentleman. These expectations also take the shape of his longing for a certain cold star named Estella. Each of the three parts of the novel treats a different expectation, and we watch how Pip changes in the face of his changing expectations. read more