Great Expectations
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
From the fog-shrouded marshes of Kent to the glittering drawing rooms of Victorian London, Great Expectations chronicles the turbulent journey of Pip, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice whose chance encounter with a terrifying escaped convict sets in motion a life-altering chain of events. Showered with mysterious wealth from an anonymous benefactor, Pip abandons his humble origins for the seductions of gentlemanly life, all while nursing a hopeless devotion to the cold and beautiful Estella — a girl raised expressly to break men's hearts by the eccentric, jilted Miss Havisham, forever frozen in her decaying wedding dress. Dickens masterfully weaves together themes of social ambition, moral corruption, guilt, and the redemptive power of loyalty, constructing a world where wealth is rarely what it seems and true gentility has nothing to do with class. His prose crackles with dark humour, unforgettable grotesques, and moments of piercing emotional honesty that have secured this novel's place as one of the supreme achievements of the English literary tradition. This Reader's Digest edition, illustrated by F.W. Pailthorpe and accompanied by an afterword by Edwin P. Whipple offering a contemporary critical view, presents the story in a handsome format worthy of its enduring legacy — but it is Dickens's final, devastating twist on the nature of great expectations that will linger long after the last page is turned.
Author: Charles Dickens
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
From the fog-shrouded marshes of Kent to the glittering drawing rooms of Victorian London, Great Expectations chronicles the turbulent journey of Pip, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice whose chance encounter with a terrifying escaped convict sets in motion a life-altering chain of events. Showered with mysterious wealth from an anonymous benefactor, Pip abandons his humble origins for the seductions of gentlemanly life, all while nursing a hopeless devotion to the cold and beautiful Estella — a girl raised expressly to break men's hearts by the eccentric, jilted Miss Havisham, forever frozen in her decaying wedding dress. Dickens masterfully weaves together themes of social ambition, moral corruption, guilt, and the redemptive power of loyalty, constructing a world where wealth is rarely what it seems and true gentility has nothing to do with class. His prose crackles with dark humour, unforgettable grotesques, and moments of piercing emotional honesty that have secured this novel's place as one of the supreme achievements of the English literary tradition. This Reader's Digest edition, illustrated by F.W. Pailthorpe and accompanied by an afterword by Edwin P. Whipple offering a contemporary critical view, presents the story in a handsome format worthy of its enduring legacy — but it is Dickens's final, devastating twist on the nature of great expectations that will linger long after the last page is turned.