Great Expectations (Puffin Classics)

Great Expectations (Puffin Classics)

by Charles Dickens (Author), Linda Jennings (Editor), Charles Dickens (Author), Charles Dickens (Author), Linda Jennings (Editor), Charles Dickens (Author)

Synopsis

As a small boy at Joe Gargery's forge, Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life - an escaped convict he is forced to help, and the eccentric Miss Haversham, whose beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella young Pip adores. But when a secret benefactor pays for him to go to London to become a gentleman, Pip never dreams he will meet the dreadful Magwitch again, nor just how wrong his expectations are.

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Format: Abridged
Pages: 432
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Published: 26 Jan 1995

ISBN 10: 0140366814
ISBN 13: 9780140366815
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Prizes: Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 and The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.

Author Bio
Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of the most recognized celebrities of English literature. His imagination, wit, mastery of the language and huge creative output single him out as one of the few people who genuinely deserve to be called genius. He had a poverty-stricken childhood and was determined to improve himself. By his early twenties he found a job as a parliamentary reporter and in his spare time wrote sketches of London life for newspapers and magazines. The publication of Pickwick Papers (1836) brought him the fame and fortune he craved. He wrote many other famous books including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.