Great Expectations

\”What do you think that is?’ she asked me, again pointing with her stick; ‘that, where those cobwebs are?\” \”I can’t guess what it is, ma’am\”. \”It’s a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!\” \”Great Expectations\”, Dickens’ funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip’s journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man’s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events – an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor – Dickens’ late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Imprint: Penguin UK
Publication date: 26/04/2012
Series: Penguin English Library