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Great Expectations

Great Expectations( )
Author: Dickens, Charles
Introduction by: Shaw, Bernard
Series title:Modern Library Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-375-75701-3
Publication Date:Feb 2001
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Modern Library
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $11.00
Book Description:

Introduction by George Bernard Shaw .Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS'sThe Great American Read Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations-until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters-including a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, Great...
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Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.187 x 8.19 x 1.248 Inches
Book Weight:0.867 Pounds
Author Biography
Dickens, Charles (Author)
Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s.

His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.

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