Great Expectations - (Bantam Classics) by Charles Dickens (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Introduction by John Irving - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's <i>The Great American Read</i></b> <p/>Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations--until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters--including a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, <i>Great Expectations</i> is a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money can't buy. "<i>Great Expectations</i> has the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English language," according to John Irving, and J. Hillis Miller declares, "<i>Great Expectations</i> is the most unified and concentrated expression of Dickens's abiding sense of the world, and Pip might be called the archetypal Dickens hero."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"No story in the first person was ever better told."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>George Bernard Shaw</b> (1856-1950) was a leading playwright of the twentieth century. His plays include <i>Man and Superman </i>(1905), <i>Major Barbara</i> (1905), <i>Pygmalion</i> (1913), and <i>Saint Joan </i>(1923).</p>
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