WHAT METHODS DID DICKENS USE IN GREAT EXPECTATIONS TO ENSURE HIS READERS CONTINUING INTEREST Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens in 1860 is set in early Victorian England It was written as a first person narrative with Pip as an older man telling his lifes story The title Great Expectations shows an indication of the change in Pips fortunes throughout the story form a poor family living in the country with a trade of being a blacksmith to living a luxurious life as a gentle