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Title	:	Great Expectations
Author	:	Charles Dickens
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Oxford World's Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 505 pages
Published	:	1998 by Oxford University Press (first published August 1861)
Categories	:	Childrens. Classics. Picture Books. Fiction

Great Expectations Paperback | Pages: 505 pages

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In what may be Dickens's best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride.

List Books To Great Expectations

Original Title:	Great Expectations
ISBN:	0192833596 (ISBN13: 9780192833594)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Miss Havisham, Philip "Pip" Pirrip, Joseph "Joe" Gargery, Abel Magwitch, Herbert Pocket, John Wemmick, Dolge Orlick, Jaggers, Estella, Compeyson
Literary Awards:	Audie Award for Classic (2010), Премія імені Максима Рильського (1993)

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Admittedly, I can be a bit dismissive of the classics. By which I mean that many of my reviews resemble a drive-by shooting. This annoys some people, if measured by the responses Im still getting to my torching of Moby Dick. Even though I should expect some blowback, I still get a little defensive. I mean, no one wants to be called a horrendous person just because he or she didnt like an overlong, self-indulgent, self-important epic about a douche-y peg leg and a stupid whale. Im no philistine.

An interesting review Always and I'm sorry you didn't fully enjoy it. Dickens isn't for everybody and this one is indeed a long book.I found I needed

I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes. I saw that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a young woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose had shrunk to skin and bone. How do you do Miss Havisham? She makes many lists of the twenty greatest characters from Dickens novels.I hadnt ever met Miss Havisham officially, although I knew of her. I have heard

I'm a somewhat green Dickens fan (having only read A Christmas Carol), but loved this 150th Anniversary Edition of Great Expectations! As in A Christmas Carol, this tale often portrays an eerie atmosphere with creepy characters.....like the mysterious escaped convict Abel Magwitch who threatens Pip's young life in the graveyard, the jealous and revengeful Old Orlick with his evil ways, and the embittered and decaying Mrs. Havisham who pines for lost love and leads Pip astray.In this

You are in every line I have ever read.Why couldn't every line in this book be this good? I took me nearly three whole months to finish it. Not because it was bad, but because it dragged and dragged and there are far more intriguing books out there than Great Expectations.The good stuff:An exciting cast of characters, most of them very weird, extravagant and almost to completely ridiculous. By far my favourites are Joe - because he's such a goodhearted person - and Miss Havisham - because I

Great Expectations. What a superb title this is; wonderful, in the best and truest sense of the word. It is upbeat, exciting, and full of intrigue. It quickens our pulse and gives us a little thrilling frisson. Who is it, who has these Great Expectations? We want to meet them. We want to share their anticipations and their pleasure. We are hooked into the story by these first two words.Perhaps most significant of all is that it is a short, memorable title. Great Expectations is one of Charles