Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)

Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)

by Charles Dickens (Author), Margaret Cardwell (Editor), Charles Dickens (Author), Kate Flint (Contributor), Charles Dickens (Author), Charles Dickens (Author)

Synopsis

I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.' Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encoutering a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the excaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella. In this compelling story, Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by desire for wealth and social status. Pip must establish his own sense of self against the plans which others seem to have for him, and thus discover a firm set of values and priorities. Whether such values will allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is, however, the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dicken's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels. This edition use the text of the Clarendon edition, with a new Introduction and Explanatory Notes. The Appendices give the original, discarded ending, Dicken's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Edition: New
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 05 Mar 1998

ISBN 10: 0192833596
ISBN 13: 9780192833594
Book Overview: Margaret Cardwell was awarded one of the two Rose Mary Crawshay prizes for 1994 by the British Academy
Prizes: Winner of Rose Mary Crawshay Prize 1994. 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.