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From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic

Perhaps Dickens's best-loved work, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, a young man with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefactor allows him to escape the Kent marshes for a more promising life in London. Despite his good fortune, Pip is haunted by figures... Read Full Overview

As a young orphan, Pip encounters an escaped criminal while living with his cruel sister. He is then sent to spend time with the eccentric Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward, Estella, who enchants Pip. As a young man, Pip is given money by a mysterious benefactor, who... Read Full Overview

A Timeless Tale of Dreams, Love, and Self-Discovery

Great Expectations: Illustrated Abridged Children Classic English Novel with Review Questions is a captivating adaptation of Charles Dickens' masterpiece tailored for young readers. Follow young Pip's journey... Read Full Overview

This stunning hardcover edition from Dover Bookshelf features easy-to-read type of the unabridged original text.Written in the last decade of Charles Dickens's life, Great Expectations was widely praised and universally admired. The novel traces the journey of a young... Read Full Overview

' Great Expectations is up there for me with the world's greatest novels' Howard Jacobson. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Charles Dickens's Great Expectations charts the course of orphan Pip Pirrip's life as it is transformed... Read Full Overview

Rediscover Charles Dickens's compelling story of poverty and wealth in this stunning collectible edition of Great Expectations.

Introduction by George Bernard Shaw * Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations--until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous... Read Full Overview

Un alboroto viene y otro se va, Pip; as es la vida...

Esta es la historia de Pip, un joven hu rfano y miedoso cuyo humilde destino se ve agraciado por un benefactor inesperado que cambiar el sino de su vida y har de l un caballero. Grandes esperanzas... Read Full Overview

I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister, -Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs),... Read Full Overview

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a celebrated work of classic English literature, Victorian fiction, and coming-of-age storytelling. The novel follows Pip, an orphan of humble beginnings whose life changes dramatically when he receives the promise... Read Full Overview