From the rear cover
In this unflaggingly suspenseful story of aspirations and moral redemption, humble, orphaned Pip, a ward of his short-tempered older sister and her husband, Joe, is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman. And, indeed, it seems as though that dream is destined to come to pass because one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In telling Pip's story, Dickens traces a boy's path from a hardscrabble rural life to the teeming streets of 19th-century London, unfolding a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, and love and loss.
Written in the last decade of Dickens' life, Great Expectations was praised widely and universally admired. It was his last great novel, and many critics believe it to be his finest. Readers and critics alike praised it for its masterful plot, which rises above the melodrama of some of his earlier works, and for its three-dimensional, psychologically realistic characters characters much deeper and more interesting than the one-note caricatures of earlier novels.
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- Title Great Expectations
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Unabridged
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, NY
- Date 2001-08
- ISBN 9780486415864 / 0486415864
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.54 x 5.3 x 0.91 in (21.69 x 13.46 x 2.31 cm)
- Ages 11 to UP years
- Grade levels 6 - UP
- Reading level 1200
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects England, Love stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001028306
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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