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Great Expectations : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback - 2010
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
The eternal story of Pip, who abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman, remains one of Dickens's most celebrated works. This graphic edition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the first serialized publication of "Great Expectations."
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- Title Great Expectations : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 150 Anv
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date 2010
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0143106279I5N00
- ISBN 9780143106272 / 0143106279
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.7 x 1.3 in (21.29 x 14.48 x 3.30 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromans, Ex-convicts
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010044564
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
About this book
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-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his great expectations. Published nine years before Dickens's death, it remains one of his most celebrated works.
From the publisher
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.
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- Children & Juvenile Big Little Books
- Fiction & Literature Action & Adventure
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature English Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Charles Dickens
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