Great Expectations (English Library)

by Charles Dickens (Author), Angus Calder (Author), Charles Dickens (Author), Charles Dickens (Author), Angus Calder (Author), Charles Dickens (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1969

  $3.54

  This endearing tale of Pip and the mysterious fortune that changes his life will be in theaters this fall from 20th Century Fox/Knickerbocker Films, starring Robert DeNiro, Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.34

  A chance encounter with and escaped convict and an unexpected summons from the mysterious Miss Havisham change the life of orphan Pip. A large gift of money from an unknown benefactor gives him `great expectations' of becoming a gentleman and winning the hand of the beautiful Estella. But the past holds many strange secrets that will cloud his hopes of happiness...

• Used

  Hardcover
  1979

  $14.55

• New

  Paperback
  1992

  $7.10

  Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself.