Great Expectations Paperback - 2002
by Charles Dickens
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"Great Expectations" is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their part in a story whose title itself reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens's searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.
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- Title Great Expectations
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, London
- Date 2002
- Features Bibliography, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0141439564I3N10
- ISBN 9780141439563 / 0141439564
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.06 x 0.91 in (19.51 x 12.85 x 2.31 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 890
- Library of Congress subjects England, Bildungsromans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003277030
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
Great Expectations is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1861. It tells the story of Pip, a young orphan boy brought up by his abusive sister and her blacksmith husband in rural England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman and escaping poverty, but his life takes a dramatic turn when he receives a large fortune from an anonymous benefactor. As he rises in society, he becomes involved with a host of colorful characters, including the eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella, and learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of happiness. The novel is considered one of Dickens' greatest works and a masterpiece of English literature.
Summary
The orphan Pip’s terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the Kent marshes, and his mysterious summons to the house of Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward Estella, form the prelude to his “great expectations.” How Pip comes into a fortune, what he does with it, and what he discovers through his secret benefactor are the ingredients of his struggle for moral redemption.
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First Edition Identification
Great Expectations by Dickens was first published on 6 July 1861 in London by Chapman and Hall. It is considered not only the rarest and most valuable of Dickens's works, but arguably his greatest. Copies in the original cloth are particularly desirable.
Published in 3 volumes, the first edition of Great Expectations has the original publisher’s violet wavy-grain cloth binding with floral decoration in blind on covers and spines lettered in gilt.
Five impressions of the first edition were printed, each of the latter four with a new edition statement on the title page.
The first edition first issue of Great Expectations’ rarity has been attributed to the probable small binding-up of copies with the first title page, coupled with the fact that the first edition was almost entirely taken up by the libraries.
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Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 08/19/2011, Page 109
