Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

01/1881 · 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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Um Charles Dickens com um final menos feliz. Gostei mais do que dos tradicionais, onde a estória é sempre semelhante, com um bom moço, que se apaixona pela mocinha mimada, esforça se para manter o casamento, mas ela morre e ele finalmente Casa com a moca sensata, mas não tão bonita. Ou o pobre menino que na realidade é de boa família e termina achando sua família...

So good to finally read the book that gave origin to one of my favorite movies...great classic!

quero ler esse livro. em português brasileiro.

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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.