Great Expectations (Annotated)

by Charles Dickens

Overview

Read one of the greatest classics of all time.The definitive edition.

• Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens
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Pip, a young and bright orphan boy, is attacked by an escaped convict while visiting his parents' graves. Being raised by his older sister and her kind-hearted blacksmith husband named Joe, he has a foundation to view the convict's actions uniquely. Although the convict accosts and threatens Pip into committing a crime of theft on his behalf, an unexpected turn of events surprises all readers. Due to Pip's upbringing, he is able to discern that there are consequences to actions and that not all convicts have evil hearts. He helps readers see that there is often more to people than what first appears.

Great Expectations, the brilliant work of Charles Dickens, creates a profound sense of meaning in its small world. The initial release of this novel created such a stir by gaining almost complete universal acclaim. Both readers and critics were astonished by Dickens' continuous themes and portrayal of poverty, love, rejection, wealth, and the consequences of our actions which continue to resonate with the popular culture of today.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781649220714
Publisher:	Sastrugi Press
Publication date:	12/26/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	482
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsea Island (Portsmouth). He was the second child of his parents, John Dickens and Elizabeth Dickens. His father worked as a clerk in Navy Pay Office. In 1815, John Dickens was transferred to London, the whole family moved with him and settled in Kent, where Charles spent the early days of his life to the age of 11. Charles had a few years of private education in Chatham, Kent. By the end of 1822, the Dickens family was heavily indebted as they lived beyond their means. According to the laws of the day, John Dickens' creditors forced him into the Marshalsea debtors' prison in Southwark, London in 1824. The wife and youngest children joined him in the prison, according to the norms of the society. Charles was 12 years of age at that time. He moved with Elizabeth Roylance, a family friend, in Camden Town. Later, he lived in the house of an agent for the Insolvent Court, Archibald Russell.
On Sundays, Charles used to spend his time at the Marshalsea with his sister Frances, who was studying at the Royal Academy of Music. To pay for his board and to help his family, Charles had no other choice but to leave school and work at Warren's Blacking Warehouse located on Hungerford Stairs, near the present Chairing Cross Railway Station. He earned 6 Shillings a week for a 10-hour day work. The working conditions for labor class were very harsh in those days, Charles had to go through the hardest period of his life during these days. These hardships left a lasting impression on Charles' intellect, most of his works revolve around the reform of socio-economic and labor conditions.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington