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Who wrote the novel Great Expectations?

  1. Mark Twain

  2. Charlotte Bronte

  3. Charles Dickens

  4. Emily Bronte

The correct answer is: Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is a well-known novel written by Charles Dickens. While Mark Twain, Charlotte Bronte, and Emily Bronte are also well-known authors, they did not write this particular novel. Mark Twain is most known for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Charlotte Bronte is best known for Jane Eyre, and Emily Bronte is known for her novel Wuthering Heights. Therefore, the correct answer is C, Charles Dickens.