Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (Unabridged with the original illustrations by Charles Green) Kindle Edition

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Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations between his terrifying experience in a graveyard with a convict named Magwitch and his humiliating visits with the eccentric Miss Havisham's beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, who torments him until he is elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters, 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. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Amazon Review
An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

George Orwell
"Psychologically the latter part of Great Expectations is about the best thing Dickens ever did." --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Review
"No story in the first person was ever better told."

-No story in the first person was ever better told.- --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Review
this definitive dition indicates all variations in text between the 1861 first book publication, the original manuscript, proofs and other editions published in the author's lifetime up to and including the Charles Dickens Edition of 1868. Thanks to the Clarendon editors, this expensive first edition can now be bought and sold with confidence., Brian Lake, Antiquarian Book Monthly, January 1994 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Book Description
A major new adaptation, forming part of the BBC's celebration of Dickens and the bicentenary of his birth in 2012. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Synopsis
A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrup with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded, however, and he must return home penniless. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Review
Jarvis's storytelling skills still shine in the classic tale of young Pip's disappointments and betrayals... -- Sunday Times --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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Book Description
The first book edition of Great Expectations was published in three volumes in 1861. It is now reissued simultaneously with the serialised version of 1860–1 and a newly photographed colour reproduction of the original manuscript, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to study the book version alongside the work-in-progress. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.