Overview

'you are to understand, Mr. Pip, that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret...'Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith, with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London. Pip is haunted by figures from his past - the escaped convict Magwitch, the time-withered Miss Havisham and her proud andbeautiful 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 includes a lively introduction, Dickens's working notes, thenovel's original ending, and an extract from an early theatrical adaptation. It reprints the definitive Clarendon text.

ISBN-13

9780199219766

ISBN-10

0199219761

Weight

0.82 Pounds

Dimensions

7.60 x 1.10 x 5.00 In

List Price

$9.95

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Paperback

Pages

544 pages

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published On

2008-08-10



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