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Great Expectations: A Classic Victorian Coming-of-Age Novel
Paperback
Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617209291
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: Apr 5 2013
Pages: 466
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.04 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Charles Dickens's unforgettable masterpiece of ambition, class, love, and personal transformation remains one of the defining novels of Victorian literature. In Great Expectations, the orphan Pip rises from humble beginnings through a mysterious benefactor into the complex world of wealth, society, and hidden motives, only to discover that status and success often carry unexpected moral costs.
Originally published in serial form between 1860 and 1861, the novel follows Pip's journey from the marshes of rural Kent to the drawing rooms and legal chambers of London, encountering along the way some of Dickens's most enduring characters: the escaped convict Magwitch, the bitter and eccentric Miss Havisham, the beautiful and distant Estella, and the loyal Joe Gargery. Through Pip's hopes, mistakes, and painful discoveries, Dickens explores themes of social ambition, guilt, loyalty, identity, and redemption with extraordinary emotional power.
Widely regarded as one of Dickens's greatest achievements, Great Expectations combines vivid storytelling, psychological insight, social criticism, humour, suspense, and profound humanity. The novel captures both the possibilities and hypocrisies of Victorian society while presenting a deeply personal story of moral growth and self-understanding that continues to resonate with modern readers.
Ideal for readers of classic literature, Victorian fiction, literary realism, coming-of-age novels, nineteenth-century British fiction, and timeless character-driven storytelling.
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