Great Expectations (1860-61) is Dickens’ thirteenth novel. It depicts the personal and moral development of an orphan named Pip. Marking a departure from his usual themes, this novel was written not so much as a decrial of social evils than as a meditation on morality and reform. It remains one of the most enduring novels in his oeuvre.
Product Details
Title:
Great Expectations
Author:
Charles Dickens
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan U.K Publishing
ISBN:
9781509848911
SKU:
BK0257966
EAN:
9781509848911
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
Reading age :
All Age Groups
About Author
Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had be taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity America as well as Britain. He separated from his wife in 1858. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
