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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.
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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.
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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.
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0
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