{"product_id":"9781593081164","title":"Great Expectations (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, described by G. K. Chesterton as a \"study in human weakness and the slow human surrender,” may be called \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e’s finest moment in a remarkably illustrious literary career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an overgrown churchyard, a grizzled convict springs upon an orphan named Pip. The convict terrifies the young boy and threatens to kill him unless Pip helps further his escape. Later, Pip finds himself in the ruined garden where he meets the bitter and crazy Miss Havisham and her foster child Estella, with whom he immediately falls in love. After a secret benefactor gives him a fortune, Pip moves to London, where he cultivates great expectations for a life which would allow him to discard his impoverished beginnings and socialize with the idle upper class. As Pip struggles to become a gentleman and is tormented endlessly by the beautiful Estella, he slowly learns the truth about himself and his illusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the last decade of his life, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Dickens’s dark attitudes toward Victorian society, its inherent class structure, and its materialism. Yet this novel persists as one of Dickens’s most popular. Richly comic and immensely readable, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e overspills with vividly drawn characters, moral maelstroms, and the sorrow and pity of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRadhika Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate in English and comparative literature at Columbia University and the managing editor of \u003ci\u003eGrand Street magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031136747760,"sku":"9781593081164","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593081164_p0.jpg?v=1763807320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593081164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}