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Great expectations, by Charles Dickens

Label
Great expectations, by Charles Dickens
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Great expectations
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Oclc number
741542933
Responsibility statement
by Charles Dickens
Summary
This book traces the coming-of-age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of self-possession. Raised by a humble blacksmith, Pip is recruited by the wealthy Miss Havisham to be a companion to her ward, the cold but beautiful Estella. There, Pip learns to despise his rough origins as Estella torments him about his low prospects. When Pip is informed that an unknown benefactor expects to make him his heir, he sets off to London to realize his "great expectations." But true gentleman stature, he will find, is a matter of character, not fortune
Target audience
adult
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