Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published serially from 1860 to 1861. The story follows Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her blacksmith husband on England's coastal marshes. After a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and strange visits to the bitter Miss Havisham and her cold adopted daughter Estella, Pip's life transforms when he mysteriously receives a fortune from an unknown benefactor. This bildungsroman explores
wealth and poverty, love and rejection, through vivid characters and dramatic scenes that have captivated readers for generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 |
|---|---|
| Title | Great Expectations |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations |
| Credits | An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Orphans -- Fiction |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Revenge -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Young men -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Ex-convicts -- Fiction |
| Subject | Benefactors -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1400 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Dec 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 28723 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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