ISBN |
9780141439563 |
0141439564 (pbk.) |
Name |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 author. |
Title |
Great expectations / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by David Trotter ; edited and with notes by Charlotte Mitchell. |
Published |
London : Penguin Books, 2003. |
Description |
xxviii, 514 p. : map ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
"Reprinted with updated further reading, revised Dickens Chronology and new appendix 2003"--T.p. verso. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-507) |
Summary |
"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 7F 13 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'. 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." --Back cover. |
Subjects |
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
Ex-convicts -- Fiction |
Benefactors -- Fiction |
Young men -- Fiction |
Revenge -- Fiction |
Orphans -- Fiction |
Kent (England) -- Marshland -- Fiction |
Other Names |
Trotter, David, 1951- writer of introduction |
Mitchell, Charlotte, 1963- editor, writer of added commentary |
Series |
Penguin classics |
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