Drop Cap #5
Penguin Classics
December 2012
On Sale: November 28, 2012
Featuring: Pip
592 pages ISBN: 0143123793 EAN: 9780143123798 Hardcover (reprint) Add to Wish List
D is for Dickens. The orphan Pip is destined to become a blacksmith like his brother-in-law Joe. But when Pip meets the beautiful Estella Havisham, he yearns for a gentlemanโs education in order to woo her. A mysterious legacy answers his ambition, and changes the course of his life, taking him far from the Marshes of youthโfar, so he thinks, from his early terrifying encounter with an escaped convict, and his sisterโs class resentments. In this fictional autobiography, Pipโs coming-of-age story becomes representative of the changing social landscape of nineteenth century England. As Pipโs education provides upward social mobility, he must also learn hard lessons about self-delusion and forgiveness, love and loss, and the true nature of his Great Expectations.
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