Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
(Author)
F. W. Pailthorpe
(Illustrator)
Description
Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. His desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn.
Product Details
Price
$14.99
$13.94
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Publish Date
May 01, 2008
Pages
470
Dimensions
5.4 X 7.82 X 1.27 inches | 0.89 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780099511571
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About the Author
Charles Dickens was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era and is known for such novels as The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities. F.W. Pailthorpe provided illustrations for the original edition of Great Expectations.
Reviews
"A story of the traumas of sex and class. My favourite moment is the one where Magwitch makes his stumbling way up the shadowy staircase towards an unnerved but unsuspecting Pip: the halting but inexorable rise of the repressed 'from the darkness beneath." --Sarah Waters, author, Fingersmith
"There is no one Dickens novel I could pick over all the others. Dickens is huge--like the sky. Pick any page of Dickens and it's immediately recognizable as him, yet he might be doing social satire, or farce, or horror, or a psychological study of a murderer--or any combination of these." --Susanna Clarke, author, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
"I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I've not read yet . . . I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive." --Donna Tartt, author, The Little Friend
"He's a marvellous writer . . . He's very, very good." --William Trevor, author, Cheating at Canasta
"There is no one Dickens novel I could pick over all the others. Dickens is huge--like the sky. Pick any page of Dickens and it's immediately recognizable as him, yet he might be doing social satire, or farce, or horror, or a psychological study of a murderer--or any combination of these." --Susanna Clarke, author, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
"I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I've not read yet . . . I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive." --Donna Tartt, author, The Little Friend
"He's a marvellous writer . . . He's very, very good." --William Trevor, author, Cheating at Canasta
