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| Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 2012
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0140620168
EAN: 9781566194426
ASIN: 0140620168
Publication Date: January 25, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Highly enjoyable November 6, 2007
A really enjoyable read. By the end I felt completely immersed within the story, and anxious to discover Pip's fate. The book has some very touching moments, and shows that there is no pure good, no pure evil, but a lot of in between. I read many novels and can usually guess at whats coming, but I must say I did not see many of the twists and turns of the book (I won't give them away!). The characters are very deep, from the eccentric miss havisham, the icy beauty estella, the friendly herbert, and loyal Joe. I have enjoyed every moment and it is firmly established as one of my favorites
 Twists and turns galore September 21, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pip- the protagonist in the novel comes into "great expectations" through an unknown benefactor who Pip and the reader are lead to believe is Miss Havisham. I like the way Dicken's makes Pip not an especially nice charather in the way he deals with his family after he gets influenced by money.
 boring as hell September 20, 2007
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
Christ what a struggle; I've tried listening to this on audio as well as reading it, but it's just dire. Grim, boring, and slow. I was halfway through my latest attempt to listen to it on CD in the car and I just couldn't take any more. I chucked it out the window, and ended up listening to the only other disc I had in the car - The Bratz! If an adult who's a serious music fan and blues enthusiast would rather listen to that than torture themselves with this book, well I guess that shows you what the book's like. Avoid at all costs.
 You can never go wrong with Dickens May 25, 2007
How nice to reread an old classic as an adult, instead of in the classroom. A wonderful novel of Pip who comes into his "great expectations" via an unknown benefactor -- who he believes to be Miss Havisham. We see how the influence of money and position affect Pip's relations with his family and former neighbors, and not necessarily for the better. There are lots of surprise twists and turns in the plot, especially about Miss Havisham and her adopted "daughter" Estella and her true parentage.
As always, a Dickens novel is peopled with wonderful and unusual characters that eventually all play a part in telling the story. I noticed another reviewer said there were two endings. The version I read had only one ending and I don't know which one it was. I will have to search out another version to see which I liked best.
TIMELESS May 9, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A wonderful tome that captures the moment without lingering in the past.
Dickens is the greatest storyteller in history.
Live by the sword - die by the sword...PROOF that the pen is mightier than the sword.
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