| Great Expectations Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Mitchell, Charlotte (Editor), Trotter, David (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 014104036X ISBN-13: 9780141040363 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events leads him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. His desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn. "From the Trade Paperback edition." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Gothic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover |
| Physical Information: 1.73" H x 5.16" W x 8.04" (1.47 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Pip doesn't expect much from life...His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal, is summoned to visit a mysterious old woman and meets the icy beauty Estella. Most astoundingly of all, an anonymous person gives him money to begin a new life in London. Are these events as random as they seem? Or does Pip's fate hang on a series of coincidences he could never have expected? |