Great Expectations

Charles Dickens‏

فروردین ۱۸۸۱ · Estes and Lauriat

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One of the finest novels by iconic British author Charles Dickens, this Victorian tale follows the good-natured orphan Pip as he makes his way through life. As a boy, Pip crosses paths with a convict named Magwitch, a man who will heavily influence Pip’s adulthood. Meanwhile, the earnest young man falls for the beautiful Estella, the adoptive daughter of the affluent and eccentric Miss Havisham. Widely considered to be Dickens's last great book, the story is steeped in romance and features the writer's familiar themes of crime, punishment, and societal struggle.

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Arguably England's greatest writer, Charles Dickens wrote highly celebrated tales that embodied the Victorian era. Born into a financially troubled family, Dickens used his impoverished background as inspiration for many of his stories and novels, which often mixed bleak realism with pointed satire. Among Dickens's most famous works are Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations, revered books filled with dramatic class divisions and unforgettable characters.