Dickens’ last completed novel shifts from dark anger to warm-hearted expansiveness, raises issues of identity and triumphantly manages its use of ‘a double heroine’ with Lizzie Hexam and Bella Wilfer. Contemporary reaction was mixed but over time the merits and achievements of this rich narrative have been highly praised. Many now consider it to be Dickens’ greatest novel. Sandy Welch’s 1998 BBC adaptation is one of the very best screen adaptations of Dickens’ work.

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