Great Expectations
Publisher: Summit Classic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Akron, Ohio
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9781501091391
Copyright date: 2014
Description: The quintessenti1al Victorian coming-or-age tale, ureat Expectations" follows the life of an orphan named Pip from childhood in and around the Kentish marshes to London and back again. Pip crosses paths with Abel Magwitch, an es- caped convict, the well-off but unbalanced Miss Havisham, still wearing the wedding dress in which she was abandoned on her wedding day, and her beautiful adopted daughter Es- tella. Pip has a loyal friend in Joe, the brother-in-law who takes him on as an apprentice, where he is working when he learns that he is to receive a large sum from an anony- mous benefactor and must immediately travel to London. As the real relationships and identities of the characters are revealed over the course of the story, Dickens delves into themes of love, loyalty, honesty and revenge.