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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192829262
ISBN-139780192829269
eBay Product ID (ePID)1365970
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreat Expectations
Number of Pages530 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicClassics, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorCharles Dickens
Book SeriesThe ^Aworld's Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length7.2 in
Item Width4.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-011096
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823.8
SynopsisWith a new introduction and notes, this edition of Great Expectations offers new insights into one of Dickens's most fascinating and disturbing novels. Charting the progess of Pip from childhood to adulthood, Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. As Pip moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering many extraordinary characters--from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, a woman locked up with her past--he is confronted with the challenge of establishing a sense of his own identity and values contrary to the plans others have for him., "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., With a new introduction and notes, this edition of Great Expectations offers new insights into one of Dickens's most fascinating and disturbing novels. Charting the progress of Pip from childhood to adulthood, Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. As Pip moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering many extraordinary characters--from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, a woman locked up with her past--he is confronted with the challenge of establishing a sense of his own identity and values contrary to the plans others have for him.