Great Expectations
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By Dickens, Charles
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What do you think that is?' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; 'that, where those cobwebs are? I can't guess what it is, ma'am . It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine ! Pip, a young orphan, has his life altered irrevocably by a strange chain of events - a terrifying gra...veside encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; an unexpected fortune from a secret donor. Escaping his poor background for London, however, he finds that he cannot run away from who he really is. Dickens' extraordinary late work, published in 1861, is a frightening, funny and tender portrayal of self-discovery and redemption. Its misguided hero, Pip, is one of the most moving and memorable characters in fiction.
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ISBN |
9780141198897 |
Released AU |
11 May 2012 |
Publisher |
Penguin |
Format |
Paperback |
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Series |
The Penguin English Library |
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Bertrams Star Rating: 3 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
Charles Dickens (1812-70) had his first, astounding success with his first novel The Pickwick Papers and never looked back. In an extraordinarily full life he wrote, campaigned and spoke on a huge range of issues, and was involved in many of the key aspects of Victorian life, by turns cajoling, moving and irritating. He completed fourteen full-length novels and volume after volume of journalism. The magical opening scenes of Great Expectations draws heavily on his own love of north Kent which he had known as a boy and in which he lived as an adult.The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Our Mutual Friend and The Mystery of Edwin Drood are also published in the Penguin English Library.
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