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Charles Dickens’s Alternate Ending to Great Expectations
Charles Dickens’s Alternate Ending to Great Expectations
By Emma Kantor
August 01, 2014

On the anniversary of its publication, the final chapter of this Victorian classic continues to baffle.

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What Great Expectations Would Look Like Today
What Great Expectations Would Look Like Today
By Adina Applebaum
August 01, 2014

Written in 2014, Charles Dickens’s serialized novel would be released on Twitter — and be a hell of a lot shorter.

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Drifting
Drifting
By Katia D. Ulysse
August 01, 2014

In a flash, a couple's Caribbean island getaway transforms into tragedy.

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