Great Expectations Hardcover - 2009
by Charles Dickens; Charlotte Mitchell (Editor); Introduction by David Trotter
About this book
Summary
Pip doesn't expect much from life...
His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal, is summoned to visit a mysterious old woman and meets the icy beauty Estella. Most astoundingly of all, an anonymous person gives him money to begin a new life in London.
Are these events as random as they seem? Or does Pip's fate hang on a series of coincidences he could never have expected?
First Edition Identification
Great Expectations by Dickens was first published on 6 July 1861 in London by Chapman and Hall. It is considered not only the rarest and most valuable of Dickens's works, but arguably his greatest. Copies in the original cloth are particularly desirable. Published in 3 volumes, the first edition of Great Expectations has the original publisher’s violet wavy-grain cloth binding with floral decoration in blind on covers and spines lettered in gilt. Five impressions of the first edition were printed, each of the latter four with a new edition statement on the title page. The first edition first issue of Great Expectations’ rarity has been attributed to the probable small binding-up of copies with the first title page, coupled with the fact that the first edition was almost entirely taken up by the libraries.
Details
- Title Great Expectations
- Author Charles Dickens; Charlotte Mitchell (Editor); Introduction by David Trotter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Exclusive to Wat
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2009-10-01
- Features Bookmark, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780141040363 / 014104036X
- Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.16 x 1.73 in (20.42 x 13.11 x 4.39 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1200
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromans, England - Social conditions
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 12/11/2009, Page 119
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