num_pages: 458
description: In the marshy mists of a village churchyard, a tiny orphan boy named Pip is suddenly terrified by a shivering, limping convict on the run. Years later, a supremely arrogant young Pip boards the coach to London where, by the grace of a mysterious benefactor, he will join the ranks of the idle rich and "become a gentleman." Finally, in the luminous mists of the village at evening, Pip the man meets Estella, his dazzlingly beautiful tormentor, in a ruined garden--and lays to rest all the heartaches and illusions that his "great expectations" have brought upon him.This edition contains both the original and revised endings of Great Expectations.
language: English
title: Great Expectations
titlecomplete: Great Expectations
characters: Abel Magwitch, Herbert Pocket, Dolge Orlick, Joseph "Joe" Gargery, Miss Havisham, Philip "Pip" Pirrip, Estella, Compeyson, Jaggers, John Wemmick
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels, Victorian, School
ratings_count: 778245
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Random House Bantam Classics