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Great Expectations
Overview
'His novels will endure as long as the language itself' Peter Ackroyd
Dickens's haunting late novel depicts the education and development of a young man, Pip, as his life is changed by a series of events - 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 - and he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'. This definitive edition includes appendices on Dickens's original ending, giving an illuminating glimpse into a great novelist at work. With an Introduction by DAVID TROTTEREdited and with notes by CHARLOTTE MITCHELL
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780141439563
- ISBN-10: 0141439564
- Publisher: Penguin Group
- Publish Date: December 2002
- Dimensions: 7.68 x 5.06 x 0.91 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 544
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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