One of Sir Trevor McDonald's favourite books.
This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickens’s original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.
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The classic bildungsroman as young Pip grows into a gentleman, beautifully repackaged with a stunning D for Dickens on the cover. It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet for each author's surname. D is for Dickens. The orphan Pip is destined to become a blacksmith like his brother-in-law Joe. But when Pip meets the beautiful Estella Havisham, he yearns for a gentleman's education to woo her.
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Great Expectations is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Group
Great Expectations has 592 pages
£14.39
