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Great Expectations

内容简介

OneofCharlesDickens’smostfascinatingnovels,GreatExpectationsfollowstheorphanPipasheleavesbehindachildhoodofmiseryandpovertyafterananonymousbenefactoroffershimachanceatthelifeofagentleman.FromtheyoungPip’sfirstterrifyingencounterwiththeconvictMagwitchinthegloomofagraveyardtothesplendidlymorbidsetpiecesinMissHavisham’smansiontothemagnificentlyrealizedboatchasedowntheThames,GreatExpectationsisfilledwiththetranscendentexcitementthatDickenscouldsoabundantlyprovide.Writtenin1860,attheheightofhismaturity,italsorevealsthenovelist’sbittersweetunderstandingoftheextenttowhichourdeepestmoraldilemmasarebornofourownobsessionsandillusions.ThiseditionincludesDickens’soriginal,discardedconclusiontothenovel,the1907EverymanprefacebyG.K.Chesterton,andtwentyillustrationsbyF.W.Pailthorpe.(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed),

作者简介

CharlesDickens(1812-1870)wasoneofEngland'sgreatestwriters.Bestknownforhisclassicserializednovels,suchas"OliverTwist","ATaleofTwoCities",and"GreatExpectations",DickenswroteabouttheLondonhelivedin,theconditionsofthepoor,andthegrowingtensionsbetweentheclasses.HeachievedcriticalandpopularinternationalsuccessinhislifetimeandwashonoredwithburialinWestminsterAbbey.SimonVanceisaprolificandpopularaudiobooknarratorandactorwithseveralhundredaudiobookstohiscredit.AnAudie(R)Award-winner,Vancewasrecentlynamed"TheVoiceofChoice"by"Booklist"magazine.

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