Great Expectations

<b>From the agony of Charles Dickens&#146; disenchantment with the Victorian middle class comes a profound novel of spellbinding mystery...<br><br></b>An orphan living with his older sister and her kindly husband Pip is hired by wealthy and embittered Miss Havisham as a companion for her and her beautiful adopted daughter Estella. His years in service to the Havishams fill his heart with the desire to rise above his station in life. Pip&#146;s wish is fulfilled when a mysterious benefactor provides him with &#147;great expectations&#148;&#151;the means to be tutored as a gentleman.<br><br>Thrust into London&#146;s high-society circles Pip grows accustomed to a life of leisure only to find himself lacking as a suitor competing for Estella&#146;s favor. After callously discarding everything he once valued for his own selfish pursuits Pip learns the identity of his patron&#151;a revelation that shatters his very soul.<br><br><b>With an Introduction by Stanley Weintraub<br>and an Afterword by Annabel Davis-Goff</b> <br><b> </b>