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Article: The book that doesn't live up to expectations; Fury as Charles Dickens' great masterpiece gets the Hollywood hype trea tment.
- Article from:
- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- June 21, 1998
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I T is a classic of English literature and taught in schools and universities across the world.
But for lovers of Great Expectations - by Charles Dickens - 1998 is rapidly turning into a year to forget.
First they had to endure the latest Hollywood big-screen adaptation, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hake, which unceremoniously flopped at the box office.
But if ...