Great Expectations (Scholastic Classics)

Great Expectations (Scholastic Classics)
by Charles Dickens  (Author) – January 5, 2017

Perhaps Charles Dickens' most famous novel, and an epic coming of age story, Great Expectations features young Pip, who goes from rags to riches but at what cost? Examining themes of identity and class, and peopled by a varied cast of characters including haughty Estella, tragic Miss Havisham, Magwitch the convict and kindly blacksmith Joe, this is deservedly famous and beloved

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Product Details
Series: Scholastic Classics
Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press (January 5, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1407172549
ISBN-13: 978-1407172545
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.5 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
Average Customer Review:
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One of the grand masters of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation,but also the horror of the infamous debtors’ prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years