Great expectations. By Charles Dickens ... With ... illustrations. From original designs by John McLenan.

Paperback, 516 pages

English language

Published Dec. 22, 2005 by Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library.

ISBN:
978-1-4255-5745-4
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OCLC Number:
154687522

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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 - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers thetrue nature of his 'great expectations'.

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Subjects

  • Literary studies: general
  • Literary Criticism
  • History - U.S.
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • United States - General
  • History / United States / General
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