Great Expectations [Lingua inglese]: Charles Dickens - Brossura

Dickens, Charles

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ISBN 10: 0141439564 ISBN 13: 9780141439563

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1995

Riassunto

'His novels will endure as long as the language itself' Peter Ackroyd

Dickens's haunting late novel depicts the education and development of a young man, Pip, as his life is changed by a series of events - a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - and he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'. This definitive edition includes appendices on Dickens's original ending, giving an illuminating glimpse into a great novelist at work.

With an Introduction by DAVID TROTTER
Edited and with notes by CHARLOTTE MITCHELL

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Recensione:

"No story in the first person was ever better told."

L'autore:

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature and Head of Department at University College London. Charlotte Mitchell is Lecturer in English at University College London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0141439564
• ISBN 13: 9780141439563
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 544
• Redattore: Mitchell Charlotte