Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Estes and Lauriat, 1881

One of the finest novels by iconic British author Charles Dickens, this Victorian tale follows the good-natured orphan Pip as he makes his way through life. As a boy, Pip crosses paths with a convict named Magwitch, a man who will heavily influence Pip’s adulthood. Meanwhile, the earnest young man falls for the beautiful Estella, the adoptive daughter of the affluent and eccentric Miss Havisham. Widely considered to be Dickens's last great book, the story is steeped in romance and features the writer's familiar themes of crime, punishment, and societal struggle.

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User Review  - HerbThomas - LibraryThing

Great Expectations was assigned reading when I was in ninth grade. I thought it was the most dreary thing I had ever read. Sensing that the memories from my youth might be mistaken, I tried again. I ...

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It is a great book. The happy Miss Havisham. The little scamp Pip. A cast of characters for the ages.

Contents

• I: 19
• II: 26
• III: 35
• IV: 41
• V: 50
• VI: 61
• VII: 63
• VIII: 74
• IX: 87
• X: 95
• XI: 102
• XII: 118
• XIII: 122
• XIV: 132
• XV: 134
• XVI: 146
• XVII: 151
• XVIII: 160
• XIX: 174
• XX: 189
• XXI: 198
• XXII: 203
• XXIII: 216
• XXIV: 225
• XXV: 232
• XXVI: 240
• XXVII: 248
• XXVIII: 256
• XXIX: 263
• XXX: 274
• XXXI: 285
• XXXII: 291
• XXXIII: 297
• XXXIV: 305
• XXXV: 311
• XXXVI: 319
• XXXVII: 326
• XXXVIII: 334
• XXXI: 347
• XL: 359
• XLI: 373
• XLII: 379
• XLIII: 387
• XLIV: 393
• XLV: 401
• XLVI: 408
• XLVII: 417
• XLVIII: 424
• XLIX: 431
• L: 441
• LI: 446
• LII: 454
• LIII: 460
• LIV: 473
• LV: 487
• LVI: 495
• LVII: 501
• LVIII: 514
• LIX: 522

Bibliographic information

• Title: Great Expectations
• Author: Charles Dickens
• Publisher: Estes and Lauriat, 1881
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Mar 14, 2008