Great Expectations

Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens

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English

Bantam Books Inc
01 February 1998

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

In the marshy mists of a village churchyard, a

tiny orphan boy named Pip is suddenly terrified by a

shivering, limping convict on the run. Years

later, a supremely arrogant young Pip boards the coach

to London where, by the grace of a mysterious

benefactor, he will join the ranks of the idle rich

and ""become a gentleman."" Finally, in the

luminous mists of the village at evening, Pip the

man meets Estella, his dazzingly beautiful

tormentor, in a ruined garden--and lays to rest all the

heartaches and illusions that his ""great

expectations"" have brought upon him. Dickens's

biographer, Edgar H. Johnson, has said that--except

for the author's last-minute tampering with his

original ending--Great Expectations

is ""the most perfectly constructed and

perfectly written of all Dickens's works."" In John

Irving's Introduction to this edition, the

novelist takes the view that Dickens's revised ending is

""far more that mirror of the quality of trust in

the novel as a whole."" Both versions of the

ending are printed here.

By: Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens
Imprint: Bantam Books Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 261g
ISBN: 9780553213423
ISBN 10: 0553213423
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 01 February 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was a leading playwright of the twentieth century. His plays include Man and Superman (1905), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion (1913), and Saint Joan (1923). From the Trade Paperback edition.