Great Expectations Tapa blanda - 2007

de Charles Dickens

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Great Expectations is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1861. It tells the story of Pip, a young orphan boy brought up by his abusive sister and her blacksmith husband in rural England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman and escaping poverty, but his life takes a dramatic turn when he receives a large fortune from an anonymous benefactor. As he rises in society, he becomes involved with a host of colorful characters, including the eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella, and learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of happiness. The novel is considered one of Dickens' greatest works and a masterpiece of English literature.

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The story begins with a seven-year-old boy on Christmas Eve. Pip is an orphan growing up in England. In the first expectation Pip lives with his sister and her husband. He has a bad experience working for an old lady and then becomes an apprentice of his brother in law. In the second expectation Pip is in London and is learning the good and the bad ways of a new social class. In the final expectation Pip learns that he cannot gain back many valuable things he has cast away.

Identificación de primeras ediciones

Great Expectations by Dickens was first published on 6 July 1861 in London by Chapman and Hall. It is considered not only the rarest and most valuable of Dickens's works, but arguably his greatest. Copies in the original cloth are particularly desirable.

Published in 3 volumes, the first edition of Great Expectations has the original publisher’s violet wavy-grain cloth binding with floral decoration in blind on covers and spines lettered in gilt.

Five impressions of the first edition were printed, each of the latter four with a new edition statement on the title page.

The first edition first issue of Great Expectations’ rarity has been attributed to the probable small binding-up of copies with the first title page, coupled with the fact that the first edition was almost entirely taken up by the libraries.

Detalles

Título Great Expectations
Autor Charles Dickens
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Páginas 416
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Book Jungle
Fecha de publicación 2007-09
ISBN 9781604240795 / 1604240792
Peso 1.57 libras (0.71 kg)
Dimensiones 7.51 x 9.25 x 0.84 pulgadas (19.08 x 23.50 x 2.13 cm)
Nivel de lectura 1200
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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