Question

passage poems great expectations, a novel written by charles dickens (1812 - 1870), is influenced by the rigid class structure of victorian england. in this excerpt, a young orphan named pip is sent to visit a wealthy, eccentric woman named miss havisham to entertain her. unknown to pip, miss havisham was left at the altar on the day of her wedding many years before. she has lived ever since as if time had stopped at that fateful hour. excerpt from great expectations by charles dickens... in an arm - chair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand, sat the strangest lady i have ever seen, or shall ever see. she was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of white. 1 2 3 4 5 6 how can the reader tell that the passage is written from the point of view of a nineteenth - century british child? there are only brief moments of dialogue in the overall passage compared to the lengthy descriptions. there are numerous details in the passage about miss havisham’s wealth and pip’s relative poverty. the introduction mentions victorian england, and there are references throughout the passage that pip is a young boy. the introduction mentions that miss havisham was left at the altar, and the rest of the passage focuses on the description of her character.

Explanation:

The correct option links the explicit mention of Victorian England (19th-century Britain) and direct references to Pip being a young boy, which directly aligns with the question's requirement to identify the 19th-century British child narrator. The other options do not connect both the time period and the child perspective.

Answer:

The introduction mentions Victorian England, and there are references throughout the passage that Pip is a young boy.