Great Expectations

Great Expectations
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Great Expectations (Signet Classics (Paperback))

Description of Great Expectations:

Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their part in a story whose title itself reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens's searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.


* Great Expectations has over 1.8 million Signet Classic copies in print!
* A new major motion picture release ofGreat Expectations is due for release starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow,and Robert DeNiro
* Charles Dickens is also the author of the popular Signet Classic titles: A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, and A Tale of Two Cities Course Adoption: High School: Senior High School Literature College: 19th Century English Literature

Information on Great Expectations from the publisher:

Great Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel to London, full of expectations to become a gentleman. But his life is already inextricably tangled in a mystery that surrounds a beautiful woman, an embittered recluse, and an ambitious lawyer.

Great Expectations is both a finely crafted novel and an acute examination of Victorian society. Filled with unforgettable settings and characters, it achieves greater dramatic richness through Frank Muller's masterful narration. Dickens supplied two endings to this great work. Both are included in the recording.

Description of Charles Dickens, author of Great Expectations:

Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mystery and a profound examinatin of moral values. Written at a time when Dickens' view of Victorian society had grown especially dark, this novel is peopled by characters bearing the author's unmistakable stamp. The orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella and her guardian, the embittered and vengeful Miss Havishman, the strangely ambiguous figure of the master lawyer Mr. Jaggers all play their part in a story whose very title reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens' searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.