Great Expectations
Charles Dickens author David Trotter editor Charlotte Mitchell editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:30th Jan '03
£7.99
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'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
"No story in the first person was ever better told."
- Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
- Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003
- Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
ISBN: 9780141439563
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Weight: 372g
544 pages