Great Expectations Av Charles Dickens

<p><b>The Penguin English Library Edition of <i>Great Expectations </i>by Charles Dickens<br></b><br><b>"What do you think that is?'' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; ''that, where those cobwebs are?"</b><br><b>"I can''t guess what it is, ma''am."</b><br><b>"It''s a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!"</b><br><br><i>Great Expectations</i>, Dickens''s funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip''s journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man''s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens''s late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.<br><br>The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.</p>