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Great Expectations: with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd (Charles Dickens Classics)

Great Expectations: with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd (Charles Dickens Classics)

by Charles Dickens (Author), Charles Dickens (Author), Charles Dickens (Author), Charles Dickens (Author), Peter Ackroyd (Introduction)

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    Mass Market Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

Philip Pirrip - known more commonly as Pip - is an orphan. His visits to the mysterious Miss Havisham are his only escape from his childhood of poverty. But then an anonymous bequest changes his life for ever - until secrets from Pip's past emerge, threatening to destroy the genteel new life he has built for himself. And Pip soon discovers the merciless cruelty of love, and the harsh reality of his great expectations.

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 512
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 01 Mar 2012
ISBN 10: 0099533294
ISBN 13: 9780099533290
Book Overview: With an exclusive introduction by Peter Ackroyd, these out of print editions are brought back to life with a fresh and timeless new look.

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I love all of Dickens Jo Brand I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I've not read yet Donna Tartt He's a marvellous writer ... He's very, very good William Trevor Charles Dickens is one of the giants of English literature Sunday Express Nothing seems more quintessentially British than Charles Dickens The Times My all-time favourite author is Charles Dickens Lesley Pearse There's only one Charles Dickens Nick Hornby
Author Bio
Charles Dickens was born in Landport in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812. Sent to work in a blacking factory at the age of twelve, after his Navy Pay Office clerk father was imprisoned for debt, Dickens's memories of this unhappy period haunted him throughout his life and influenced much of his writing. After stints as a clerk and a shorthand reporter in the law courts, Dickens became a reporter of parliamentary debates for the Morning Chronicle until the huge success of his first books enabled him to become a full-time author. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished. Peter Ackroyd's biography of Charles Dickens was published in 1990 to enormous critical acclaim. He has also written another major biography, T.S. Eliot, which was awarded the 1984 Whitbread Prize and was joint winner of the Royal Society of Literature's William Heinemann Award. Peter Ackroyd's novels include The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde, Milton in America, Chatterton, The Clerkenwell Tales and The Fall of Troy and his non-fiction works include Ezra Pound and his World, Chaucer and London: The Biography, among others. His most recent biography is Poe: A Life Cut Short.