About this work of fiction
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Cardwell, Margaret is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
Originally published as a World's classics paperback: 1994 Includes bibliographical references With a new introduction and notes, this edition of Great Expectations offers new insights into one of Dickens's most fascinating and disturbing novels. Charting the progress of Pip from childhood to adulthood, Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. As Pip moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering many extraordinary characters--from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, a woman locked up with her past--he is confronted with the challenge of establishing a sense of his own identity and values contrary to the plans others have for him
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Cardwell, Margaret
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781566194419
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction