Great Expectations (The Penguin English Library) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141198893 ISBN 13: 9780141198897

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2012

Synopsis

The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

"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!"

Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens's late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.

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"No story in the first person was ever better told."

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Thoroughly edited and extensively annotated. Lavishly produced on natural, high-quality paper, and affordably priced.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141198893
• ISBN 13: 9780141198897
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592