Dickens, Charles
Great expectations Charles Dickens ; with the illustrations of F.W. Pailthorpe. - Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, c1979. - 526 p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens's late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.
English literature.
Orphans
England--19th century
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Great expectations Charles Dickens ; with the illustrations of F.W. Pailthorpe. - Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, c1979. - 526 p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens's late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.
English literature.
Orphans
England--19th century
Dic 2