Great Expectations

Author: Dickens, Charles

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Published on 26 April 2012 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Penguin English Library' series.

Paperback | 592 pages
196 x 125 x 27 | 408g

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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