Everywhere I went while reading this book, I heard, “You’re reading Great Expectations? I love that book! It’s one of my favorites!” Which led me to have great expectations about it.Of course, now, after finishing the book, I see where having great expectations can lead…how one could and should f...
A rags to riches story - for more than one character. Like Dickens’ other novels, it was originally published in chapters in periodicals, so it’s broken up into manageable chunks, with most chapters ending at a turning point, so you want to read on.Pip is an orphan being raised by his strict sister ...
Wonderful story and John Lee is the perfect narrator for this book. I would have given it 5 stars, but when you are paid by the word, as Dickens was, the stories can sometimes be a bit loooooooong.
How nice to reread an old classic as an adult, instead of in the classroom. A wonderful novel of Pip who comes into his "great expectations" via an unknown benefactor -- who he believes to be Miss Havisham. We see how the influence of money and position affect Pip's relations with his family and for...
I appear to be withholding Dickens from myself, only permitting one every few years. I don't know why, except that he is a fabulous storyteller, and of course, he isn't writing any more books. Seriously, the hero may be indifferent, but Magwich? Miss Havisham??? These are people so fully realized yo...
This book was drudgery and toil while I was reading it in high school, but it has really stuck with me and taught me many lessons over the years. I will reread it sometime.
I read this in 9th grade and again in my 30's. My 9th grade English teacher, Mr. Metzler, was an uninspired and uninspiring soul, but it was an excellent book anyway, and an excellent re-read.
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