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Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens, (Introduction) Andrew Lang, (Illustrator) Charles Green
Great Expectations

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Authors: Charles Dickens, (Introduction) Andrew Lang, (Illustrator) Charles Green
Copyright: 1997
Format: Hardcover
GTIN13: 9781399423403
ISBN10: 1399423401
Publisher: Book of the Month Club, Inc.

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The story told in Dickens's great novel, first published in 1861, is a variation on one of literature's great themes: that of a naive, untutored boy from the countryside who comes to the great city to make his fortune and to learn about life. This work's extraordinary appeal is largely due to the brilliant twists Dickens gives to this familiar plot device, especially in gradually revealing the role and identity of the mysterious benefactor who offers the orphaned Pip the opportunity to be brought up "as a young fellow of great expectations." 566p.

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The story told in Dickens's great novel, first published in 1861, is a variation on one of literature's great themes: that of a naive, untutored boy from the countryside who comes to the great city to make his fortune and to learn about life. This work's extraordinary appeal is largely due to the brilliant twists Dickens gives to this familiar plot device, especially in gradually revealing the role and identity of the mysterious benefactor who offers the orphaned Pip the opportunity to be brought up "as a young fellow of great expectations." 566p.
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