Great ExpectationsFrom the agony of Charles Dickens’ disenchantment with the Victorian middle class comes a profound novel of spellbinding mystery... An orphan living with his older sister and her kindly husband, Pip is hired by wealthy and embittered Miss Havisham as a companion for her and her beautiful adopted daughter, Estella. His years in service to the Havishams fill his heart with the desire to rise above his station in life. Pip’s wish is fulfilled when a mysterious benefactor provides him with “great expectations”—the means to be tutored as a gentleman. Thrust into London’s high-society circles, Pip grows accustomed to a life of leisure, only to find himself lacking as a suitor competing for Estella’s favor. After callously discarding everything he once valued for his own selfish pursuits, Pip learns the identity of his patron—a revelation that shatters his very soul. With an Introduction by Stanley Weintraub and an Afterword by Annabel Davis-Goff |
Contents
Chapter 12 | 250 |
Chapter 13 | 255 |
Chapter 14 | 261 |
Chapter 15 | 268 |
Chapter 16 | 274 |
Chapter 17 | 281 |
Chapter 18 | 288 |
Chapter 19 | 295 |
Chapter 9 | 64 |
Chapter 10 | 71 |
Chapter 11 | 77 |
Chapter 12 | 91 |
Chapter 13 | 97 |
Chapter 14 | 104 |
Chapter 15 | 106 |
Chapter 16 | 117 |
Chapter 17 | 122 |
Chapter 18 | 130 |
Chapter 19 | 143 |
Volume II | 159 |
Chapter 1 | 161 |
Chapter 2 | 169 |
Chapter 3 | 174 |
Chapter 4 | 186 |
Chapter 5 | 194 |
Chapter 6 | 200 |
Chapter 7 | 208 |
Chapter 8 | 215 |
Chapter 9 | 222 |
Chapter 10 | 229 |
Chapter 11 | 241 |
Chapter 20 | 308 |
Volume III | 321 |
Chapter 1 | 323 |
Chapter 2 | 336 |
Chapter 3 | 341 |
Chapter 4 | 349 |
Chapter 5 | 354 |
Chapter 6 | 361 |
Chapter 7 | 369 |
Chapter 8 | 376 |
Chapter 9 | 383 |
Chapter 10 | 390 |
Chapter 11 | 399 |
Chapter 12 | 403 |
Chapter 13 | 410 |
Chapter 14 | 416 |
Chapter 15 | 428 |
Chapter 16 | 442 |
Chapter 17 | 449 |
Chapter 18 | 454 |
Chapter 19 | 466 |
Chapter 20 | 474 |
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