"Great Expectations is among the most masterful of Charles Dickens's novels. Displaying extraordinary tragicomic range, Dickens blends an atmosphere of brooding violence and guilt with sharp and often disturbing humor to create a drama charged with the thrilling intensity of a detective story and the poignancy of a spiritual autobiography. Much of the novel's power comes from Dickens's unequaled skill at making even the most wildly eccentric of characters...

In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.

The adventures of an orphaned young man in Victorian England who is given a great deal of money by an unknown benefactor to enable him to live as a gentleman, pursuing a good education and fulfilling great expectations.

Cuddle up with a classic! In twelve needle-felted scenes and twelve child-friendly words, each book in this ingenious series captures the essence of a literary masterpiece. Simple words, sturdy pages, and a beloved story make these books the perfect vehicle for early learning with an erudite twist. Budding bookworms will delight in this clever retelling of the classics made just for them! Charles Dickens' Great Expectations introduces the orphan...

On February 7, 2013, Charles Dickens' birthday, his most popular novel, Great Expectations, finally had its West End Première as the culmination of the bicentenary celebrations.Jo Clifford's stunning adaptation was universally acclaimed as a triumph on its UK tour prior to the West End début – 'its two one hour acts honour both playful demands of living theatre and the themes of the book.' The Times.Graham McLaren's outstanding, haunting, utterly...

The definitive guide to infant and toddler feeding-from first foods to meals your child will love To ensure that baby gets the best, most wholesome, and natural food possible, go homemade! The newest entry in the acclaimed Great Expectations series focuses on easy preparation of nutritious baby and toddler meals at home-from the first finger-foods to more than 130 delicious kid-tested recipes that will lay the foundation for a lifetime of healthy...

The author of Empire of the Senseless gives the Dickens classic a punk twist, setting it in 1980s New York City. Kathy Acker's practice of literary appropriation and pastiche made her notorious-as a rebel and a groundbreaker-when Great Expectations was first published in 1982. Here, she begins rewriting Charles Dickens's classic-splicing it with passages from Pierre Guyotat's sexually violent Eden, Eden, Eden, among other texts-alongside Acker's...

"Great Expectations" is among Charles Dickens' most beloved and critically acclaimed novels. Serialized in 1860-61, the book tells the story of young "Pip," an orphan who is being raised by his hot-tempered sister and her kindly blacksmith husband. One night, while visiting his parents' graves, he is accosted by an escaped convict named Magwitch, who demands both food and the tools needed to remove his shackles. Pip brings him these items and the...