About this book
Young Pip, an orphan raised by his harsh sister and her gentle blacksmith husband Joe, helps an escaped convict on the marshes, an act that will shadow his life. When a mysterious benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman, Pip sheds his humble origins and pursues the cold beauty Estella, trained to break hearts. Dickens charts ambition, snobbery, guilt, and the slow recognition of where true worth lies. From foggy churchyards to dusty legal offices and grand drawing rooms, Great Expectations is a bildungsroman rich in unforgettable characters, including the jilted Miss Havisham in her stopped clock of a wedding dress.
Related
Source: standardebooks · License