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Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. The novel explores themes such as class, snobbery, money, and forgiveness. Pip's journey reflects Dickens' contemplation on social class mobility. It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. Here, experts why in on the elements of the story, while the narrative plays out before your eyes.

Anglo-Saxon poetry reflects a fourth or fifth-century Pagan reality, creating noble pagan characters, such as Beowulf, in a Christian context. The tension arises as Christian theology requires damnation for these pagan characters, yet the poet sympathetically presents them in a favorable light. Beowulf, set in a fifth-century Danish Dynasty, exemplifies the heroic ideal of a pagan Anglo-Saxon. Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 💚

Geoffrey Chaucer, a poet living in the late 1300s, witnessed significant societal changes in England during the transition from feudalism to a more mercantile system. Chaucer began writing the Canterbury Tales around 1387 during a period when the Catholic Church still held extreme power and the Black Death and the 100 Years War were still having profound impacts on England. Chaucer employs satire, irony, and humor throughout the tales, making readers laugh at first and then revealing the seriousness and tragedy beneath. His innovative use of the five-stress line in Middle English enhances the complexity of his mature poetry, setting him apart as a groundbreaking writer. Despite the unfinished nature of the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's overarching design and exploration of morality and social reality make it one of the greatest works in English literature. Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 💚

The English Romantic poets of the 19th century, including Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats, pioneered a literary movement marked by an emphasis on emotion, nature, and individual expression. Wordsworth's celebration of spontaneous feelings and connection with nature, Coleridge's imaginative and experimental works, and Shelley's radicalism and visionary poetry collectively shaped the Romantic Age. Their contributions defined a period characterized by introspection, a deep connection with nature, and a rejection of traditional poetic forms. Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 💚

In 1911, the world was rocked by the "unimaginable" news: the Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre. For over two years, the masterpiece was truly gone, leaving the "greatest detectives in the world" clueless and leading to the interrogation of famous figures like Pablo Picasso. In this documentary, we retrace the footsteps of Vincenzo Peruggia, the house painter who walked out of the museum with Da Vinci’s treasure wrapped in his smock. Through exclusive interviews with Peruggia’s 84-year-old daughter, Celestina, and access to long-lost psychiatric reports and personal letters, we strip away the myths. 💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 📺 You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

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