{"product_id":"great-expectations-paperback-24","title":"Great Expectations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by John Irving - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations--until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters--including a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money can't buy. \"\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e has the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English language,\" according to John Irving, and J. Hillis Miller declares, \"\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e is the most unified and concentrated expression of Dickens's abiding sense of the world, and Pip might be called the archetypal Dickens hero.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the marshy mists of a village churchyard, a tiny orphan boy named Pip is suddenly terrified by a shivering, limping convict on the run. Years later, a supremely arrogant young Pip boards the coach to London where, by the grace of a mysterious benefactor, he will join the ranks of the idle rich and \"become a gentleman.\" Finally, in the luminous mists of the village at evening, Pip the man meets Estella, his dazzingly beautiful tormentor, in a ruined garden--and lays to rest all the heartaches and illusions that his \"great expectations\" have brought upon him. Dickens's biographer, Edgar H. Johnson, has said that--except for the author's last-minute tampering with his original ending--\"Great Expectations is \"the most perfectly constructed and perfectly written of all Dickens's works.\" In John Irving's Introduction to this edition, the novelist takes the view that Dickens's revised ending is \"far more that mirror of the quality of trust in the novel as a whole.\" Both versions of the ending are printed here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (1856-1950) was a leading playwright of the twentieth century. His plays include \u003ci\u003eMan and Superman \u003c\/i\u003e(1905), \u003ci\u003eMajor Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e (1905), \u003ci\u003ePygmalion\u003c\/i\u003e (1913), and \u003ci\u003eSaint Joan \u003c\/i\u003e(1923).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 6.84 x 4.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Great Expectations (Unabridged)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 35\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175992365191,"sku":"9780553213423","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/881a57678446b5ff0c101748dd181438.webp?v=1733385876","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/great-expectations-paperback-24","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}