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The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

What do you think that is?'' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; ''that, where those cobwebs are?
I can''t guess what it is, ma''am.
It''s a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!

Great Expectations, Dickens''s funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip''s journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man''s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens''s late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.

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Great Expectations

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780141198897
      978-0141198897
      ISBN-10 0141198893
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

      What do you think that is?'' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; ''that, where those cobwebs are?
      I can''t guess what it is, ma''am.
      It''s a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!

      Great Expectations, Dickens''s funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip''s journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man''s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens''s late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.

      The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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