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Great Expectations

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Great Expectations
Authors and Contributors      Abridged by Linda Jennings
By (author) Charles Dickens
Introduction by Roddy Doyle
SeriesPuffin Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780141330136
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
Teenage / Young Adult

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Puffin Classics
Publication Date 1 October 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

As a small boy at Joe Gargery's forge, Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life - an escaped convict he is forced to help, and the eccentric Miss Haversham, whose beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella young Pip adores. But when a secret benefactor pays for him to go to London to become a gentleman, Pip never dreams he will meet the dreadful Magwitch again, nor just how wrong his expectations are.

Author Biography

Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of the most recognized celebrities of English literature. His imagination, wit, mastery of the language and huge creative output single him out as one of the few people who genuinely deserve to be called genius. He had a poverty-stricken childhood and was determined to improve himself. By his early twenties he found a job as a parliamentary reporter and in his spare time wrote sketches of London life for newspapers and magazines. The publication of Pickwick Papers (1836) brought him the fame and fortune he craved. He wrote many other famous books including Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities.

Reviews

The Puffin Classics series is a perfect marriage of the old and the new. Enjoy some of the best books from the past and find out why and how they inspired some of the best writers of the present -- Julia Eccleshare * Lovereading4kids *