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.
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 – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip’s life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens’s haunting late novel depicts Pip’s education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his ‘great expectations’.
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
| Recommendations: |
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 – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip’s life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens’s haunting late novel depicts Pip’s education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his ‘great expectations’.
Great Expectations features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens and published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Great Expectations has 505 pages
Yes it is part of Wordsworth Collector's Editions series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
