Paperback, 576 pages
Català language
Published July 2020 by Proa.
Phillip Pirrip, conegut amb el sobrenom de Pip, es un nen orfe, de classe humil, que viu en un petit poble angles. Pip creix al costat de la seva germana, que el castiga sempre que pot, i el seu cunyat, un ferrer bondadós que li ensenyarà l'ofici. Perè Pip es massa curiós per resignar-se a una vida tan anodina i te esperances de convertir-se en una persona important. Un bon dia descobreix un fugitiu de la justícia que viu amagat en un cementiri. En lloc de delatar-lo, Pip li porta menjar perquè no es mori de gana. Temps mes tard, entra a treballar al servei de la senyoreta Havisham, una dona adinerada i excèntrica, i de la seva filla adoptiva, Estel·la. I el dia que se li presenta per sorpresa Mr Jaggers, un advocat de Londres, per dir-li que un benefactor anònim el vol convertir en tot un gentleman, Pip …
Phillip Pirrip, conegut amb el sobrenom de Pip, es un nen orfe, de classe humil, que viu en un petit poble angles. Pip creix al costat de la seva germana, que el castiga sempre que pot, i el seu cunyat, un ferrer bondadós que li ensenyarà l'ofici. Perè Pip es massa curiós per resignar-se a una vida tan anodina i te esperances de convertir-se en una persona important. Un bon dia descobreix un fugitiu de la justícia que viu amagat en un cementiri. En lloc de delatar-lo, Pip li porta menjar perquè no es mori de gana. Temps mes tard, entra a treballar al servei de la senyoreta Havisham, una dona adinerada i excèntrica, i de la seva filla adoptiva, Estel·la. I el dia que se li presenta per sorpresa Mr Jaggers, un advocat de Londres, per dir-li que un benefactor anònim el vol convertir en tot un gentleman, Pip comença a creure que les seves grans esperances potser no havien estat en va.
The beginning is great. But then it really gets boring...
I usually read all books till the end but had to stop reading because somehow my bookmarks were deleted and it was also too boring
A really well written story with some great characters and nice turn of events.
Frames a lots of aspects (about friendship, loyalty, love & more) in a single well developed story.
Well worth a reading.
Pervasive wit and interesting character studies are offset somewhat by a less-than-compelling main character and plot.
Most of Dickens' books tell basically the same story, but always with an eye for characters, and always with plenty of sympathy and humanity.
Here he is a little treacherous, first showing certain persons as contemptuous or disgusting, then only gradually unfolding their place in the great story. Disappointingly, the ending is a little rushed (especially given that he takes his usual 450 pages to get there), and leaves much to be desired. However, most of the threads get tied up, and it's refreshing that he doesn't see the need for a perfect happy-end this time.
Certainly not straight forward prose. It has rather a complicated plot. Tempo got faster towards the end with all its relevations, but as dramatic change it failed somehow. Syntax is also quite an challenge for an non-native English speaker
I really love this book. And I think about it every time someone dies because there is this lovely part after Joe dies where Dickens redefines the feeling of loss as connection. Read it right after my father died and it really made me look at it in a new way.
