Great Expectations

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Charles Dickens, Jessica Hische: Great Expectations (2013, Penguin Publishing Group)

592 pages

English language

Published Sept. 26, 2013 by Penguin Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-14-312379-8
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4 stars (21 reviews)

An unknown benefactor supplies an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice with the means to be educated in London as a gentleman of "great expectations."

162 editions

I may need to read more

4 stars

I enjoyed this novel more than I expected. Dickens writes very impressively, which maybe should not be a surprise but I imagined something more formal and tedious. He writes with a rhythm and some amazing turns of phrases. I am unfamiliar with the speech of the time to understand how much of what seems novel to me is merely the idiom of the time.

reviewed Great expectations by Charles Dickens (Penguin classics)

A good coming of age novel

4 stars

I'm enjoying my new tradition of reading a Charles Dickens novel in the runup to Christmas. I've watched several film and TV adaptations of his works over the years, but had been put off attempting the novels themselves by their length and the density if Dickens prose. As it turns out though, his vivid characterisations and melodramatic plots do suit my reading style pretty well. I'm not sure I would want to attempt more than one a year, but at that level of engagement the books are enjoyable and should last me a good decade yet. My choice for this year, Great Expectations, features the unexpected and exciting events of a Christmas Day for young Pip near the beginning of the novel so put me into a seasonal spirit!

I had only a vague recollection of watching a black and white Great Expectations film as a child (probably the 1946 …

Review of 'Great Expectations' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

5* from me.

So this is my first pirate romance (ever), and it delivered! I love Ramsay and I love Maren, and I read this off two lines quoted in some short video and knew nothing else about anything. Which was exactly the right way to read this, I think!

The pacing is really good, there is humor, it's frustrating sometimes (so angsty all around) but the characters' actions make sense. They talk about what is going on with them emotionally. Maybe not always instantly, but the fact that this doesnt have a lot of the miscommunication trope is a HUGE plus. It actually felt so much more real: sometimes you can tell what's up, sometimes you need a while to get the courage to speak. You grow, you leave things behind. 

Idk why this gripped me so much, but pretty sure that this detail sold me 100%, and I'm …

reviewed Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Library of Literature)

Review of 'Great Expectations' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I read this book in high school, half of it in one long night, and it was confusing and weird and long. I realize this is a wholly unfair review, but I have spent too much time hating this book to give it anything better until I bring myself to re-read it.

Review of 'Grandes Espérances' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

C’est à chaque fois une véritable délectation que la lecture d’un Dickens, mais là, ce roman dépasse mes espérances. Pip nous raconte sa vie depuis environ l’âge de sept ans, alors qu’il tombe sur un forçat évadé qui le pousse par intimidation à l’aider à trouver des vivres. Terrifié, Pip s’exécute, non sans passer par différents états psychologiques, le peur, la culpabilité, la soumission. On le découvre dans un environnement peu propice au bonheur. Sa sœur, qui se vante de l’élever “à la main” ne lui manifeste aucune tendresse. Le mari de sa sœur, Joe, forgeron de son état, lui apporte soutien, amitié et affection, mais n’est pas plus apte à se défendre que lui. Amené à rencontrer la curieuse miss Havisham et sa troublante fille adoptive, Pip sera vite fasciné par cette dernière, d’une beauté et d’une froideur égales. Ouvertement méprisé par Estella, il nourrira néanmoins pour elle un …

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Subjects

  • Man-woman relationships, fiction
  • Fiction, coming of age
  • England, fiction
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)