Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith, with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London. Pip, that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret.' New appendix featuring pages from the theatrical adaptation of the novel.Introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.The fullest set of critical notes in any mass-market edition.Four appendices: the original ending to the novel the different chapter numbering in the serial version Dickens's working notes two pages from the theatrical adaptation of the novel made by, or with the approval of, Dickens.
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's new introduction ranges widely across critical issues raised by the novel: its biographical genesis the effect of the past on the present, ideas of origin and progress and what makes a 'gentleman', memory, melodrama, and the book's critical reception. This edition reprints the authoritative text of the Clarendon edition, correcting both original printer's errors and later textual corruptions, and retains facsimiles of the original title-pages for each of the three volumes of the 1861 edition. 
Widely adapted for film and television, the story attracts readers of all ages.
Perhaps Dickens's best-loved work, Great Expectations features memorable characters such as the convict Magwitch, the mysterious Miss Havisham and her proud ward Estella, as Pip unravels the mystery of his benefactor and of his own heart. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public HealthĮdited by Margaret Cardwell and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Oxford World's Classics. The European Society of Cardiology Series. Oxford Commentaries on International Law.
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