| Great Expectations Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Bowen, John (Introduction by), Bowen, John (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 1853260045 ISBN-13: 9781853260049 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Series: Wordsworth Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.65 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself. |