Great expectations / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by David Trotter ; edited and with notes by Charlotte Mitchell.
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TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2003, ©1996.Description: xxviii, 514 pages : map ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0141439564 : PAP
- 9780141439563 : PAP
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'His novels will endure as long as the language itself' Peter Ackroyd
Dickens's haunting late novel depicts the education and development of a young man, Pip, as his life is changed by a series of events - a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - and he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'. This definitive edition includes appendices on Dickens's original ending, giving an illuminating glimpse into a great novelist at work.
With an Introduction by DAVID TROTTER
Edited and with notes by CHARLOTTE MITCHELL
Reprint. Originally published: 1996.
"Reprinted with updated Further Reading, revised Dickens Chronology and new appendix 2003"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvi).
A young orphan, Pip, receives a fortune from a mysterious benefactor and travels to London in order to become a gentleman.