Esh Alladi as Pipli in Great Expectations.
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This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
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There were around 5,000 black Georgians and more black Victorians so black Dickens characters are historically feasible.
Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham in a 2012 adaptation of Great Expectations.
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It is one of Dickens’ best loved novels and an exposé of the class system, but the book’s depiction of women has proved divisive.
Dickens in his study at Gad’s Hill Place in Higham, Kent.
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Two sequels which show how the Victorian novelist’s stories can be adapted to reflect post-colonial narratives.
Teachers often assign older books.
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Stories like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ are still relevant today.