Great Expectations

Introduction by John Irving ΓÇó Nominated as one of AmericaΓÇÖs best-loved novels by PBSΓÇÖs The Great American Read Pip,a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sisterdoes not have much in the way of great expectationsΓÇöuntil he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable charactersΓÇöincluding a terrifying convict named Magwitchthe eccentric Miss Havishamand her beautiful but manipulative nieceEstellaGreat Expectations is a tale of intrigueunattainable loveand all of the happiness money canΓÇÖt buy. ΓÇ£Great Expectations has the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English languageΓÇ¥ according to John Irvingand J. Hillis Miller declaresΓÇ£Great Expectations is the most unified and concentrated expression of DickensΓÇÖs abiding sense of the worldand Pip might be called the archetypal Dickens hero.ΓÇ¥