Great Expectations |
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Author:
| Dickens, Charles |
Editor:
| Cardwell, Margaret |
Introduction by:
| Flint, Kate |
Series title: | The ^AWorld's Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-282926-9 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.95 |
Book Description:
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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 progess 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...
More DescriptionWith 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 progess 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.