Project Gutenberg 1998-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 13554 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Great Expectations An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel written in the mid-19th century (Victorian era). The story follows the life of a young orphan named Philip "Pip" Pirrip as he navigates social classes, personal aspirations, and the complexities of human relationships. The narrative begins with Pip's fateful encounter with an escaped convict, setting the stage for themes of ambition, morality, and transformation. The opening of the novel introduces Pip as he wanders through a churchyard, reflecting on his family history derived from tombstones. His innocent musings are interrupted by a terrifying confrontation with a convict who demands food and a file, instilling fear in Pip. As Pip grapples with the fear of being discovered stealing food for the convict and the horror of his surroundings, we are drawn into the bleak marshes that shape much of his childhood. This intense encounter not only establishes a sense of danger but also foreshadows Pip's future entanglements with crime and class disparity, as he later must navigate his relationships with figures from both the convict's world and his own lower-class upbringing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Fiction England -- Fiction Revenge -- Fiction Bildungsromans Young men -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Ex-convicts -- Fiction Benefactors -- Fiction PR Text Best Books Ever Listings Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1116379 1117723 2024-09-01T09:38:18.705069 2023-10-01T08:49:23.236696 text/html text/html 1121582 2023-10-08T04:53:29 text/html 14388542 2024-09-01T09:38:36.245953 application/epub+zip 14385281 2024-09-01T09:38:21.524029 application/epub+zip 559297 2024-09-01T09:38:19.595034 application/epub+zip 14619764 2024-09-01T09:38:46.770906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 14555094 2024-09-01T09:38:34.083959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 745025 2022-09-01T10:51:57.918705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1058255 1058225 2024-09-01T09:38:16.927052 2023-10-01T08:49:21.099668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1058061 2023-10-08T04:57:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17869 2024-09-01T09:38:46.948869 application/rdf+xml 27129 2024-09-01T09:38:19.732071 image/jpeg 3860 2024-09-01T09:38:19.661032 image/jpeg 30123042 2024-09-01T09:38:19.064039 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia