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He used the poignant setting when describing the last resting place of Pip’s parents and infant brothers (although he reduced their number to 5) at the opening of ‘Great Expectations’ (1860-1)...

The rotund, roistering character of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare’s ‘King Henry lV, parts 1and 2’ (late 1590s) and ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, (early 1600s) had his origins in an altogether different individual, Sir John Oldcastle...