{"product_id":"great-expectations-paperback-3","title":"Great Expectations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStanley Weintraub\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAnnabel Davis-Goff\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the agony of Charles Dickens' disenchantment with the Victorian middle class comes a profound novel of spellbinding mystery... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn orphan living with his older sister and her kindly husband, Pip is hired by wealthy and embittered Miss Havisham as a companion for her and her beautiful adopted daughter, Estella. His years in service to the Havishams fill his heart with the desire to rise above his station in life. Pip's wish is fulfilled when a mysterious benefactor provides him with \"great expectations\"--the means to be tutored as a gentleman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrust into London's high-society circles, Pip grows accustomed to a life of leisure, only to find himself lacking as a suitor competing for Estella's favor. After callously discarding everything he once valued for his own selfish pursuits, Pip learns the identity of his patron--a revelation that shatters his very soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Stanley Weintraub\u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by Annabel Davis-Goff\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child, \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (1812-70) came to know not only hunger and privation, but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A surprise legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and \"slave\" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling. He taught himself shorthand and worked as a parliamentary reporter until his writing career took off with the publication of \u003ci\u003eSketches by Boz\u003c\/i\u003e (1836) and \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers \u003c\/i\u003e(1837). As a novelist and magazine editor, Dickens had a long run of serialized success through \u003ci\u003eOur Mutual Friend \u003c\/i\u003e(1864-65). In later years, ill health slowed him down, but he continued his popular dramatic readings from his fiction to an adoring public, which included Queen Victoria. At his death, \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/i\u003e remained unfinished. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStanley Weintraub\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of more than fifty books of biography, culture history, and military history, including \u003ci\u003eThe London Yankees\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhistler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVictoria\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert\u003c\/i\u003e. He retired from Pennsylvania State University as Evan Hugh Professor Emeritus and director of Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnnabel Davis-Goff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dower House, This Cold Country, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fox's Walk. \u003c\/i\u003eAll three novels were selected by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as Notable Books. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWalled Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, a family memoir, and is\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Companion to Gambling. \u003c\/i\u003eShe now teaches literature at Bennington College.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 6.92 x 4.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756012601632,"sku":"9780451531186","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/526c3b751fed07841cc48c8ae184c8a1.webp?v=1780072675","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/great-expectations-paperback-3","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}