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Jack Maggs by Peter Carey | |
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| Name: |
Peter Carey | | Birth Date: |
1943 | | Place of Birth: |
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia | | Nationality: |
Australian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, author |
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 Biography of Peter Carey
944 words, approx. 3.1 pages
 Australian writer Peter Carey (born 1943) won over twelve awards and received two major award nominations for his works of fiction (short stories, novels, and film adaptations) between 1981-1994. Carey was one of the first Australian writers to create a... summary from source:
 Biography of Peter Carey
4620 words, approx. 15.4 pages
 Peter Carey is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished and successful Australian novelists of recent decades and is one of a handful--along with Thomas Keneally, David Malouf, and Tim Winton--who command an international reputation. Carey's n...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Jack Maggs Information
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Jack Maggs (1998) is a novel by Peter Carey Plot summary Set in 19th century London, Jack Maggs is a reworking of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations. The story centers around Jack Maggs (the equivalent of Magwitch) and his quest to meet his...
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 World and I Jack Maggs.(Excerpt)
07/01/1998: 4,674 words, approx. 16 pages In the place Jack Maggs had most recently come from, the houses had been, for the most part, built from wood. They strained and groaned in the long hot nights, crying out against their nails, contracting, expanding, tugging at their bindings as if... summary from source:
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Literary Criticism
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 Interview by Peter Carey and Ramona Koval
6,147 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following interview, Carey discusses the works of Charles Dickens, his inspiration for writing Jack Maggs, and the impact writing has on his life.
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Critical Essay by Anthony J. Hassall
4,686 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Hassall examines the differences between Jack Maggs's characterization in Jack Maggs with the character of Magwitch in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.
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Critical Essay by Robert Ross
2,928 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following essay, Ross offers a laudatory review of Jack Maggs and analyzes the novel along with Carey's other works in terms of the political, social, and cultural issues Australia faces as a postcolonial nation.
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Jack Maggs by Peter Carey | |
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About 106 pages (31,874 words) in 12 products |
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