Great Expectations

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It was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me'
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 - these form a series of events that changes the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's éducation and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature af his 'great expectations'. This définitive édition uses the text from the first published édition of 1 861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickens's original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.
With an introduction by... Tovább

Fülszöveg

It was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me'
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 - these form a series of events that changes the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's éducation and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature af his 'great expectations'. This définitive édition uses the text from the first published édition of 1 861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickens's original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.
With an introduction by DAVID TROTTER Edited and with notes by CHARLOTTE MITCHELL
In January 2005, residents of Kent voted Great Expectations as-'Kent's Favourite Book'.
Kent County Council has sponsored the production of this special celebratory édition of the classic and copies will be circulated to all schools, libraries, adult éducation centres, youth centres and other public places in the county. Readers are encouraged to pass on this copy to a relative or friend so that Great Expectations can continue to be one of Kent's best read books. For further informtion about the KENT BIG READ please visit the website www.kent.gov.uk/bigread

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