Great Expectations reclusive Miss Havisham in her decaying mansion, wearing her tattered bridal robes. "Great Expectations" incorporates elements of the new genre of crime fiction, which Dickens had already used in "Oliver Twist" (1837), and which was being developed by his friends Wilkie Collins and William Harrison Ainsworth. With its scenes of convicts, prison ships, and episodes of bloody violence, Dickens creates characters worthy of the Newgate school of fiction. "Great Expectations" contains elements of the Gothic genre, especially with Miss Havisham, the bride frozen in time, and the ruins of Satis House filled with weeds and spiders. Other characters that can
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) films altered accordingly. Even so, the character of Blofeld was present in the previous film, "You Only Live Twice", and he and Bond had met: this previous meeting was ignored for the plot of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Radio (2014) In 2014 the novel was adapted for BBC Radio 4's "Saturday Drama" strand. Toby Stephens, who played Gustav Graves in "Die Another Day", portrayed Bond. Joanna Lumley appeared in both the film and radio adaptations of the novel. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series,