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Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Tom Haugomat
Introduction by Tanya Agathocleous

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Tom Haugomat
Introduction by Tanya Agathocleous

By Charles Dickens
Introduction by David Trotter
Edited by Charlotte Mitchell
Notes by Charlotte Mitchell

By Charles Dickens
Introduction by David Trotter
Edited by Charlotte Mitchell
Notes by Charlotte Mitchell

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by David Trotter
Edited by Charlotte Mitchell
Notes by Charlotte Mitchell

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by David Trotter
Edited by Charlotte Mitchell
Notes by Charlotte Mitchell

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Tom Haugomat
Introduction by Tanya Agathocleous

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Tom Haugomat
Introduction by Tanya Agathocleous

By Charles Dickens
Read by Hugh Laurie

By Charles Dickens
Read by Hugh Laurie

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    About Great Expectations

    Now an original series on FX and Hulu starring Olivia Colman

    A newly repackaged edition of Dickens’s classic coming-of-age tale, with an introduction, contextual essays, a map, and suggestions for further exploration by Victorian scholar Tanya Agathocleous.

    A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip’s life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens’s haunting novel depicts Pip’s education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his great expectations. Published nine years before Dickens’s death, it remains one of his most celebrated works.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Great Expectations

    ‘Great Expectations is up there for me with the world’s greatest novels’ Howard Jacobson. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations charts the course of orphan Pip Pirrip’s life as it is transformed by a vast, mysterious inheritance. A terrifying encounter with the escaped convict Abel Magwitch in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decrepit Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella at Satis House; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip’s life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble station as an apprentice to blacksmith Joe Gargery, beginning a new life as a gentleman. Charles Dickens’s haunting late novel depicts Pip’s education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his identity, and his ‘great expectations’. This definitive version uses the text from the first published edition of 1861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickens’s original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.  

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Great Expectations

    Now an original series on FX and Hulu starring Olivia Coleman

    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?

    About Great Expectations

    Introduction by George Bernard Shaw • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations—until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters—including a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, Great Expectations is a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money can’t buy. “Great Expectations has the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English language,” according to John Irving, and J. Hillis Miller declares, “Great Expectations is the most unified and concentrated expression of Dickens’s abiding sense of the world, and Pip might be called the archetypal Dickens hero.”
     
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    About Great Expectations

    The orphan Pip’s terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the Kent marshes, and his mysterious summons to the house of Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward Estella, form the prelude to his “great expectations.” How Pip comes into a fortune, what he does with it, and what he discovers through his secret benefactor are the ingredients of his struggle for moral redemption.


     

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    About Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

    About Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

    About Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

    About Coralie Bickford-Smith

    Coralie Bickford-Smith is an award-winning designer at Penguin Books, where she has created several highly acclaimed series designs. She studied typography at Reading University and lives in London.

    About Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

    About Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

    Product Details

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Dec 28, 2010 | 512 Pages | 5-5/8 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143106272

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Paperback | $11.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Dec 31, 2002 | 544 Pages | ISBN 9780141439563

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Hardcover | $25.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 27, 2009 | 544 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141040363

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Dec 28, 2010 | 512 Pages | ISBN 9781101650219

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks | Gothic & Horror

    Audiobook Download | $12.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jun 16, 2005 | 169 Minutes | ISBN 9781429585873
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