Great expectations /
Saved in:
| Author / Creator: | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. |
|---|---|
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998, ©1993. |
| Description: | xxv, 505 pages ; 20 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford world's classics Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4117791 |
| Summary: | 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. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Originally published as a World's classics paperback: 1994. |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 505 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0192833596 9780192833594 |
