Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Hardcover - 9781529962260

Great ExpectationsAuthor: Charles DickensFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Vintage PublishingPublished: 2025ISBN: 9781529962260About this bookOrphan Pip is given the chance to become a gentleman, but love and success come at a cost. This beautiful deluxe gift edition presents Dickens’s great novel in a hardback with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon. Pip begins as an ordinary country boy, frightened by an escaped convict on the marshes and dazzled by the cold brilliance of Estella. A mysterious benefactor sends him to London, where he tries to become a gentleman and leave shame behind. Yet wealth, desire and social ambition do not bring the freedom he imagines, and the secrets behind his rise demand a reckoning. Great Expectations is a classic novel about childhood, class, crime, love, self-deception and moral growth. This Vintage Collector’s Classics edition is a gorgeous gift for Dickens readers, collectors and anyone looking for a beautifully bound classic to bring their bookshelf to life.--Disclaimer-- While every attempt has been made to ensure stock availability, occasionally we do run out of stock. To confirm availability or book cover version, please chat with our store before purchase.