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Great Expectations

(A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

By Charles Dickens, Monica Kulling (Adapter)

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| Paperback | 9780679874669

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Book Description

Seven-year-old Pip is an orphan. He lives with his nasty older sister and works as a blacksmith’s apprentice. Pip dreams of a better life, but has no idea how to turn his luck around. Then a mysterious stranger decides to make all of Pip’s dreams come true. Pip’s lonely life is aboContinue

18 Reviews

6 people find this helpful

In my opinion, Dickens at his best. You can't be a reader if you haven't read Great Expectations. This book is simply perfect: it's funny, sad and bitter just when it needs to be funny, sad or bitter. I rarely read a book a second time, but I'm 100% positive I'll re ... (continue)

In my opinion, Dickens at his best. You can't be a reader if you haven't read Great Expectations. This book is simply perfect: it's funny, sad and bitter just when it needs to be funny, sad or bitter. I rarely read a book a second time, but I'm 100% positive I'll read this more than once. You're unforgivable if you haven't read it already!!!.

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Miss Piggott said on Aug 12, 2007 | 4 feedbacks

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This book is well written, of course. The plot is engaging, of course. The descriptions are detailed, of course. However, I found the coincidences in this story too contrived to be really believable. And I.. I recomend this book to friends who have insomnia.

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Gift said on Feb 1, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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I shouldn't dare to rate Dickens ;)

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Jo said on Dec 12, 2011 | Add your feedback

I was a bit too young when I first read this and probably ought to reread it again at some point.

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zaku said on Jan 7, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

It's a long novel but it's definitely worth reading. It's about love, loyalty, honour, friendship

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Twana Shareef said on Jan 2, 2012 | Add your feedback