Hardcover, 641 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1995 by St. Martin's Press.
Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five C (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
Hardcover, 641 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1995 by St. Martin's Press.
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers thetrue nature of his 'great expectations'.