Great expectations
(2017)
Fiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
FICTION/DICKENS,C
1 Hold on 1 Copy
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Books, 2017
EDITION
Deluxe edition
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 489 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780143106272, 0143106279, 9780143106272, 0143106279
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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