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Great Expectations

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780141439563

  • Length: 544  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 372g

  • RRP: £5.99

Great Expectations

'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

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780141439563

  • Length: 544  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 372g

  • RRP: £5.99

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of the most recognized celebrities of English literature. His many books include Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol.

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