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ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofGreatExpectationsbyCharlesDickens."Whatdoyouthinkthatis?'sheaskedme,againpointingwithherstick;'that,wherethosecobwebsare?""Ican'tguesswhatitis,ma'am.""It'sagreatcake.Abride-cake.Mine!"GreatExpectations,Dickens'sfunny,frighteningandtenderportrayaloftheorphanPip'sjourneyofself-discovery,isoneofhisbest-lovedworks.Showinghowayoungman'slifeistransformedbyamysteriousseriesofevents-anencounterwithanescapedprisoner;avisittoablack-heartedoldwomanandabeautifulgirl;afortunefromasecretdonor-Dickens'slatenovelisamasterpieceofpsychologicalandmoraltruth,andPipamonghisgreatestcreations.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.