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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870     Subjects     Orphans -- Fiction.     Ex-convicts -- Fiction.     Guardian and ward -- Fiction.     Benefactors -- Fiction.     Young men -- England -- Fiction.     Revenge -- Fiction.     Kent (England) -- Fiction.     England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.     England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870       by title:      Great expectations [...       by call number:      COMPACT DISC FICTION DIC     Search the Web     Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870     Orphans -- Fiction.     Ex-convicts -- Fiction.     Guardian and ward -- Fiction.     Benefactors -- Fiction.     Young men -- England -- Fiction.     Revenge -- Fiction.     Kent (England) -- Fiction.     England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.     England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Great expectations [sound recording] / Charles Dickens. by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Blackstone Audio, p2011. Call #: COMPACT DISC FICTION DIC Subjects Orphans -- Fiction.   Ex-convicts -- Fiction.   Guardian and ward -- Fiction.   Benefactors -- Fiction.   Young men -- England -- Fiction.   Revenge -- Fiction.   Kent (England) -- Fiction.   England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.   England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781455122905 Format:  [sound recording] / Edition:  Unabridged. Description:  15 compact discs (18:30 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm. Notes:  Originally published 1860-1861. Performers:  Read by Simon Prebble. Summary:  Great Expectations is written in a semi-autobiographical style and is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood and trying to be a gentleman along the way. Novel follows Pip's development through life after an early meeting with the escaped convict Abel Magwitch, who he treats kindly despite his fear. His unpleasant sister and her humorous and friendly blacksmith husband, Joe, bring him up. Crucial to his development as an individual is his introduction to Miss Havisham, a now aging woman who has given up on life after being jilted at the altar. Cruelly, Havisham has brought up her daughter Estella to revenge her own pain and so as Pip falls in love with Estella she is made to torture him in romance. Aspiring to be a gentleman despite his humble beginnings, Pip seems to achieve the impossible by receiving a fund of wealth from an unknown source and being sent to London with the lawyer Jaggers. He is employed but eventually loses everything and Estella marries another. His benefactor turns out to have been Magwitch and his future existence is based upon outgrowing the great expectations and returning to Joe and honest laout. Eventually he is reunited with Estella. Genre:  Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Classic fiction. Adult books on CD. Other authors:  Prebble, Simon. Blackstone Audio, Inc. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction on CD COMPACT DISC FICTION DIC Adult Compact Discs Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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