Great Expectations

Resumen del libro

This book contains introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Keele University and Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Considered by many to be Dicken's finest novel, "Great Expectations" traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dicken's most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself.

Biografía del autor

Charles John Huffam Dickens (Landport, Portsmouth, 1812-Gads Hill Place, 1870) es uno de los grandes escritores de la historia de la literatura. Sus novelas campan en el canon universal por derecho propio y su influencia fue tan amplia que todavía ejerce su magisterio. Vida de Jesucristo, obra menos conocida pero de la misma calidad a la que nos tiene acostumbrados, es el tercer título de este autor en Espuela de Plata, donde hemos publicado El indolente viaje de dos aprendices perezosos y otros cuentos (2014) y Tiempos difíciles (2018).