Great expectations
Pip doesn't expect much from life . . . His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal, is summoned to visit a mysterious old woman and meets the icy beauty Estella. Most astoundingly of all, an anonymous person gives him money to begin a new life in London. Are these events as random as they seem? Or does Pip's fate hang on a series of coincidences he could never have expected?
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Man-woman relationships > England > Fiction. Young men > England > Fiction. Ex-convicts > Fiction. Orphans > England > Fiction. Benefactors > Fiction. England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction. |
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Proletarian fiction. Bildungsromans. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780143106272
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xvi, 489 pages : map ; 22 cm. - Edition Penguin Classics deluxe edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
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General Note: | "First published in Great Britian by Chapman & Hall, 1861"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Great Expectations : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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Great Expectations : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Now an original series on FX and Hulu starring Olivia Colman A newly repackaged edition of Dickens's classic coming-of-age tale, with an introduction, contextual essays, a map, and suggestions for further exploration by Victorian scholar Tanya Agathocleous. A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his great expectations. Published nine years before Dickens's death, it remains one of his most celebrated works. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.