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Great expectations / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by David Trotter ; edited and with notes by Charlotte Mitchell.

Great expectations / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by David Trotter ; edited and with notes by Charlotte Mitchell.
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ISBN 9780141439563
0141439564 (pbk.)
Name Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 author.
Title Great expectations / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by David Trotter ; edited and with notes by Charlotte Mitchell.
Published London : Penguin Books, 2003.
Description xxviii, 514 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Notes "Reprinted with updated further reading, revised Dickens Chronology and new appendix 2003"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-507)
Summary "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 7F 13 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 the true nature of his 'great expectations'. This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickens's original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work." --Back cover.
Subjects Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Ex-convicts -- Fiction
Benefactors -- Fiction
Young men -- Fiction
Revenge -- Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
Kent (England) -- Marshland -- Fiction
Other Names Trotter, David, 1951- writer of introduction
Mitchell, Charlotte, 1963- editor, writer of added commentary
Series Penguin classics
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