Product Description

Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their part in a story whose title itself reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens's searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.


* Great Expectations has over 1.8 million Signet Classic copies in print!
* A new major motion picture release ofGreat Expectations is due for release starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow,and Robert DeNiro
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Charles Dickens is also the author of the popular Signet Classic titles: A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, and A Tale of Two Cities Course Adoption: High School: Senior High School Literature College: 19th Century English Literature

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #523326 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

From Amazon.com
An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged.

From AudioFile
Great Expectations, like London itself, can be re-visited many times without losing its charm. A fine mixture of comedy, romance and mystery makes it a splendid choice for audio rendition. This version has been much abridged; the simplified plot closely parallels David Lean's splendid 1946 film. Accomplished British actor Tom Baker's widely varied vocal charac-terizations are brilliant. (The most memorable is that of Magwitch.) He is less successful, however, with the "straighter" roles. Above all, he has not fully captured the appeal of Dickens's narrator, the mature Pip, and this proves a definite, though not fatal, flaw. B.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
"No story in the first person was ever better told."