Great Expectations

Informationen zum Autor Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth on 7 February 1812. Part of the secret of his success was the method of cheap serial publication which Dickens used for all his novels. He began Oliver Twist in 1837! followed by Nicholas Nickleby (1838) and The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41). A Christmas Carol! appeared in 1843! David Copperfield in 1850. In later works! such as Bleak House (1853) and Little Dorrit (1857)! Dickens's social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage. He published Hard Times in 1854! A Tale of Two Cities in 1859 and Great Expectations in 1860. His last novel! The Mystery of Edwin Drood! was never completed and he died on 9 June 1870. Klappentext Pip doesn't expect much from life... His sister makes it clear that her orphaned brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. An anonymous pers

Product details

• Authors: Charles Dickens
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.01.2006
• EAN: 9780141023533
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102353-3
• No. of pages: 555
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 181 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Red Classics; Pocket Penguin Classics; Red Penguin Classics; Penguin Pocketbooks; Red Penguin Classics; Penguin Red Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature