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Title: Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Mitchell ISBN: 0-14-143956-4 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You Must Be 21 or Older to Read this Book
Comment: Why, in God's name, do high school teachers insist on stuffing this complex novel down the throats of their teen-aged students? Because the initial chapters are narrated by, Pip, a little boy we watch become a young man? Because there are pirates and bad guys in it? Because there's a sort of love story? I'm sure some high schoolers understand GREAT EXPECTATIONS but the majority of them... I don't think so.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS contains many complicated, adult themes and issues that adults will surely appreciate. A virtual encyclopedia of human emotions--fear, child abuse, anticipation, disappointment, love, jealousy, manipulation--this greatest of all of Dickens' novels has everything. And all these ingredients are woven into an incredibly entangled plot, full of twists and turns. On top of all that, the novel is also a virtual encyclopedia of the layout and attitudes of Victorian London.
Holding it all together is Pip's incredible perceptions into his world and his emotions. Never before had there been a character so aware of his feelings and, still, because he is human, he allows these emotions to sometimes compel him to do the opposite of what is right and best. Pip does sometimes behave like the child and young adult he is, but that doesn't mean this novel is suitable for anyone of that age.
Rocco Dormarunno, author of The Five Points
Rating: 5
Summary: Expectation met and exceeded
Comment: Some may call me a classic book snob, but here it goes.
Great expectations may be at times tedious and I won't deny that, but it is worth it.
Charles Dickens goes into great depth of detail and at times a bit overly detailed and I'm sure that is where many people get lost. But if you get the main plot, then you can get the jiff of it.
The characters in this book transcend time.
Pip, the poor boy who finds himself wondering if he can love old Joe know that he is rich.
Estella who cannot love truly but yet brought up to love and destroy.
Miss Havisham, the old rich woman who had her heartbroken and know is trying her best to seek revenge.
Joe, Biddy and others also play a pivotal role.
The story itself plays on the role of moral and also mercy. It shows a colorful and at times exaggerated array of feelings. From grief to greed, to deceit and happiness.
Pip, a lonely orphan and living with his sister, finds and help a criminal. Although it was not completely of his own will.
Then Pip is introduced to the sad and luxurious world of Miss Havisham where he met Estella, the girl he loved from then on.
From then on he resents his meager living until one day he finds out that he had just inherited a large fortune.
Then on Pip goes on a quest to truly become a gentleman and win Estella's heart.
But how can he win Estella's heart when she doesn't have one?
Can he really forsake his family for money?
Who gave him that money?
Rating: 5
Summary: Re-Read this book when you're older to appreciate it
Comment: Looking at the reviews for this book, it seems many are reading this book for the first time, as I did, as part of an English Literature course in high school.
Believe me, we can all assure you that this can be a difficult book for a ninth grader to enjoy. After all, we're talking about blacksmiths, pirates, and so on. Hardly things the average teenager of the 2000s can relate to.
But if you're in your twenties, thirties, or forties, this book is as compelling a novel as you'll ever read. It's an opportunity to look back at Pip and ourselves, the great expectations we all have, and the major surprises, disappointments, and regrets of life.
The adult reader can understand the vindictiveness of Miss Havisham, the pride of Magwitch, the true and rare friendship of Herbert Pocket, and, of course, Estella. Each man has in his life an Estella.
Beyond the true-to-life tale of hope and defeat, is the wry humor throughout the book that a more mature reader can appreciate.
Surprise yourself. If you hated this in high school, pick it up now; you may find this is one of the best books you ever read.
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Title: Great Expectations (Cliffs Notes) by Debra A. Bailey ISBN: 0764585983 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ISBN: 0446310786 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: October, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Frederick Busch ISBN: 0451526562 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0812580036 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Animal Farm by George Orwell, Russell Baker, C. M. Woodhouse ISBN: 0451526341 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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