Mr. Jaggers

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Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Topic

Doubt and skepticism Evidence Appearance vs. reality

Speaker

Mr. Jaggers

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Great Expectations

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 18 May 1861, ch. 40.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 40.