Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 creator text utu 1998 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published serially from 1860 to 1861. The story follows Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her blacksmith husband on England's coastal marshes. After a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and strange visits to the bitter Miss Havisham and her cold adopted daughter Estella, Pip's life transforms when he mysteriously receives a fortune from an unknown benefactor. This bildungsroman explores wealth and poverty, love and rejection, through vivid characters and dramatic scenes that have captivated readers for generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations Release date is 1998-07-01 An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger Original publication data not identified Orphans -- Fiction England -- Fiction Revenge -- Fiction Bildungsromans Young men -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Ex-convicts -- Fiction Benefactors -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133044.0 1400