Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens
List(s):"Carp 500"
"Racine Library List"
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:514
Year of Publication:1861
Date Read:11/20/1993
Notes:We first meet Pip as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel to London, full of expectations to become a gentleman. But his life is already inextricably tangled in a mystery that surrounds a beautiful woman, an embittered recluse, and an ambitious lawyer.
My Rating: 7

Reviews for Great Expectations

Review - Great Expectations

Pip's childhood was interesting and funny. Pip's life in London was dull. The end section got pretty good again. While worth reading, it doesn't come close to the craft of Bleak House.
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