description: Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella. Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels. This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.
language: English
title: Great Expectations
titlecomplete: Great Expectations
characters: Compeyson, Dolge Orlick, Philip "Pip" Pirrip, Miss Havisham, Jaggers, Abel Magwitch, John Wemmick, Herbert Pocket, Estella, Joseph "Joe" Gargery
genres: Victorian, Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, 19th Century, Classic Literature, British Literature, School, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 778577
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Audio Partners