Classic Novels Library

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

BookID: 1400

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Orphans -- FictionEngland -- FictionRevenge -- FictionBildungsromans

Description

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published serially from 1860 to 1861. The story follows Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her blacksmith husband on England's coastal marshes. After a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and strange visits to the bitter Miss Havisham and her cold adopted daughter Estella, Pip's life transforms when he mysteriously receives a fortune from an unknown benefactor. This bildungsroman explores wealth and poverty, love and rejection, through vivid characters and dramatic scenes that have captivated readers for generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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