Great Expectations (Everyman's Library) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460873350 ISBN 13: 9780460873352

Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1994

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An unknown benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded however, and he must return home penniless.

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Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. In 1824, his father was imprisoned for debt, so Charles was sent to work in a shoe-dye factory. He later became a clerk in a law firm, a shorthand reporter in the courts, and a parliamentary and newspaper reporter. In 1833, Dickens began to contribute short stories and essays to periodicals, heralding the start of a glittering and prolific literary career. He married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, with whom he had nine surviving children before they separated in 1858. Dickens died suddenly at home on June 9, 1870, leaving behind an internationally acclaimed canon of work, including Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838), David Copperfield (1849-50), Bleak House (1852-53), Little Dorrit (1855-57), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-61) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-65). He was buried in Westminster Abbey. Michael Slater is Professor of Victorian Literature at Birkbeck College in the University of London. He was editor of The Dickensian (1968-77) and President of the International Dickens Fellowship (1988-90). He has published many books and articles on Dickens.

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• Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0460873350
• ISBN 13: 9780460873352
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Herausgeber: Gilmour Robin
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