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Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella. Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels. This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.
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Format:Paperback
Norton Critical Editions are to novels what the Arden editions are to Shakespeare and in both cases, the names are indicative of continued excellence. In this 750-page "Great Expectations" edition, the series' quality is sustained; although it is a paperback, it is a solid, firm cover and the glue is thick enough to hold the pages and cover effectively, an essential if the book is to be used for serious study. This book is ideal for any study at Advanced Level and beyond; it is too much information and critically too demanding for GCSE.
The editor is a vital feature of any edition involving collation of varied material and Edgar Rosenberg has a wealth of experience; the first essential is the text and each Norton guarantees an authoritative, approved text, in this case the 1861 first edition.
In adition to the text, the remaining four hundred pages are essays on the background of the novel and the context and critical works from a wide range of critics, some contemporaries of Dickens, others over the decades which have seen the novel's popularity rising.
Although some may find the text a tad small (10-pt), it has ensured that as much material as possible is contained within the covers and, at these prices, it is well worth it.
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The editor is a vital feature of any edition involving collation of varied material and Edgar Rosenberg has a wealth of experience; the first essential is the text and each Norton guarantees an authoritative, approved text, in this case the 1861 first edition.
In adition to the text, the remaining four hundred pages are essays on the background of the novel and the context and critical works from a wide range of critics, some contemporaries of Dickens, others over the decades which have seen the novel's popularity rising.
Although some may find the text a tad small (10-pt), it has ensured that as much material as possible is contained within the covers and, at these prices, it is well worth it.
Recommended
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88 of 96 people found the following review helpful
One of the Greatest Novels Ever Written
6 Jun 2004
Format:Paperback
Why do I come here to "review" this? It isn't anyone's book club selection, no. But tonight I want to talk about this incomparably rich and wonderful book, and how as a fourteen year old kid I simply sank into it, taking it slowly week by week, glorying in its mysteries, its great grotesque portrait of Miss Havisham in her rotting bridal finery, its often painful recounting of a young boy's awakening to a seductive world beyond the blacksmith's forge to which destiny has condemned him. This book was about me. It was about wanting to learn, wanting to transcend, wanting to achieve while anything and everything seems hopelessly beyond one's dreams. Of course life changes for Pip. And the world Pip enters was a world that dazzled me and only made my adolescent ambitions burn all the more hurtfully. I think this book is about all who've ever tried for more, ever reached for the gold ring -- and it's about some, of course, who've gotten it. It's also a wondrous piece of storytelling, a wondrous example of how in the first person ("I am, etc." ) a character can tell you more about himself than he himself knows. What a feat. And a very strange thing about this book, too, was the fact that Dickens said more about Pip and Pip's dreams than Dickens knew he was doing. Dickens himself didn't quite realize, I don't think, the full humanity of the character he created. Yet the character is there -- alive, captivating, engaging us throughout with full sympathy. Go for it. If you never read anything else by Charles Dickens, read and experience this book. Afterwards, David Copperfield will be a ride in the sunshine, I assure you. And both books will stand by you forever. For whom am I writing this? For myself perhaps just because Pip meant and still means so much. For some one perhaps who's unsure about this book and needs a push to dive into a classic. Oh, is this book ever worth the effort. -. Enough. Read it, know it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Norton Critical strikes again
1 July 2008
Format:Paperback
The folks at Norton Critical Editions have once again put together an excellent book, with incredibly helpful notes and interesting articles to help readers understand and appreciate the text.
If you are going to buy some version of Great Expectations, buy this one.
If you are going to buy some version of Great Expectations, buy this one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Excellent but print is too small
16 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The edition is excellent. However, the type face is much, much too small to make the book enjoyable to read.
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