01699nam a2200337 i 4500 OSt 20251118124057.0 251118s2024 enk gr 000 1 eng d 9780241734339 paperback RM 36.00 PPAK eng PPAK rda 823.8 23 823.8 DIC G Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author. Great expectations / CHARLES DICKENS ; Abridged by LINDA JENNINGS ; INTRODUCED BY RODDY DOYLE [London] : PUFFIN BOOKS, 2024 vii, 491 pages ; 20 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier PUFFIN CLASSICS Pip is a poor orphan, a boy with "no expectations" being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent. But when Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward, Estella, he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman. However, Pip will discover that wealth and honesty do not go hand in hand, and that kindness can be found in the most surprising places. A love story, a mystery, and a sharp critique of upper-class English society, Great Expectations remains one of Dickens's best-regarded works. Orphans Fiction. Young men England Fiction. England Social conditions 19th century Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Bildungsromans. lcgft Jennings, Linda M., abridger. Doyle, Roddy, 1958- author of introduction. Puffin classics ddc B 201628 201628 0 0 PPAK G 2025-11-20 0 823.8 DIC A01891404 2025-11-20 10:35:00 B