Great Expectations: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Great Expectations is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Dickens, Charles (1812–1870).

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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.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Great Expectations
• Author credits: Dickens, Charles (1812–1870)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Benefactors -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• England -- Fiction
• Ex-convicts -- Fiction
• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Orphans -- Fiction
• Revenge -- Fiction
• Young men -- Fiction

Gutenberg collections

• Best Books Ever Listings
• Category: British Literature
• Category: Classics of Literature
• Category: Novels

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