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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) |  | Author: Charles Dickens
Creators: Charlotte Mitchell, Coralie Bickford-Smith, David Trotter
Publisher: Penguin Classics Hardcover
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 6407
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Exclusive to Waterstones ed
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 014104036X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780141040363
ASIN: 014104036X
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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Product Description
Perhaps Dickens's best-loved work, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, a young man with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefactor allows him to escape the Kent marshes for a more promising life in London. Despite his good fortune, Pip is haunted by figures from his past--the escaped convict Magwitch, the time-withered Miss Havisham, and her proud and beautiful ward, Estella--and in time uncovers not just the origins of his great expectations but the mystery of his own heart. A powerful and moving novel, Great Expectations is suffused with Dickens's memories of the past and its grip on the present, and it raises disturbing questions about the extent to which individuals affect each other's lives. This edition reprints the definitive Clarendon text. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's new introduction ranges widely across critical issues raised by the novel: its biographical genesis, ideas of origin and progress and what makes a "gentleman," memory, melodrama, and the book's critical reception. The book includes four appendices and the fullest set of critical notes in any mass-market edition.
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 Classy! May 21, 2010
D. Johnson
I am an English Major, so I have a soft spot for anything written by Dickens. I bought this for a friends graduation (get it...Great Expectations...)and I am jealous of her now. This edition comes hard bound with an old style canvas-like covering. As far as I've seen, it is a reliable and true-to-original edition (Penguin is usually good for this). There is critical material in the back of the book so non-critical or casual readers can do some in-depth thinking into the piece after reading it. I love this edition, and I want one for myself!
Great Expectations March 8, 2010
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Read this book in high school many years ago and probably did not understand the story fully. Just reread it and I absolutely loved the story. The depth of the characters is amazing. You feel like you have know them all of your life. Much more enjoyable now than at the high school level.
Amazing audiobook! March 6, 2010
Linda Visser (Ogden, Utah USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love classic literature and this was a great find. The reader of this great work does a stellar job creating the character's voices which adds so much to the story.
I have enjoyed this very much and will share it with my family.
High School Assignment February 27, 2010
Deborah A. Chaidez (California)
I needed to purchase 3 books at one time for my daughters high school assignment, I was given a "short" notice. I was able to locate all three books quickly and easily. The price of each of the 3 books were reasonable giving me a wide selection(s) to choose from. I received all 3 books quickly and in excellent condition.
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