Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Great expectations [large print edition]: the complete & unabridged classic edition, paperback/s. m. sheley

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This premium quality unabridged large print edition features a large 7.

69 page size and is printed on heavyweight 60# bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design.

Page headers and modern design and page layout exemplify the attention to detail given this collector-quality volume.

Also included is an original biography of Charles Dickens, discussing the life, work, and lasting influence of this literary titan.

Widely regarded as Dickens' finest work and the quintessential Victorian coming-of-age tale, Great Expectations was originally published in serial form between December 1860 and August 1861.

In response to contemporary literary criticism asserting that the story was too sad, Dickens later rewrote the ending.

In keeping with long-standing tradition, this volume follows the 1874 edition, published as a full-length novel with the modified ending.

This is by far the most widely read and best-known edition, and the version which has become a timeless classic.

The tale follows the life of an orphan, Pip, from his childhood in the vicinity of the Kentish marshes to London and back again.

Pip crosses paths with Abel Magwitch, an escaped convict and one of Dickens' most noteworthy characters, the well-off but unbalanced Miss Havisham, still wearing the wedding dress in which she was abandoned on her wedding day, and her beautiful adopted daughter Estella.

Pip has a loyal friend in Joe, the brother-in-law who takes him on as an apprentice, where he is working when, Mr.

Jaggers, the lawyer, informs him that he is to receive a large sum from an anonymous benefactor and must immediately travel to London.

As the real relationships and identities of the characters are revealed over the course of the story, Pip discovers that things are sometimes not at all what they appear, and Dickens delves into themes of love, loyalty, honesty and revenge.

Born in Portsmouth England on February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens enjoyed a comfor.