Great Expectations

New York, New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1997. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Book-of-the-Month Club Edition, 1997, as New. This edition is printed from the classic Gadshill Edition of the works of Charles Dickens, incorporating a text corrected by the author in 1878-68. Introduction by Charles Lang. Illustrations (10) in black-and-white by Charles Green. In fine red cloth with sharp and bright gilt titles to spine, gilt decorative initials on front. Pristine. Written in the last decade of his life, Great Expectations reveals Dicken's dark attitudes toward Victorian society, its inherent class structure, and its materialism. In this story of Pip, a young man who means well but often does wrong. It is a variation on one of literature's great themes: that of a naive, untutored boy from the countryside who comes to the great city to make his fortune and to learn about life. Charles Dickens has created what many critics consider his best novel. 566 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" Tall. 1997, Book-of-the-Month Club, New York, NY