Physical description

Great Expectations
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd
Date: Subject Book 1900-1913.First Edition Published in 1860-1861 (See note section this document for more information on Edition).
Green Faux leather hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering, Charles Dickens signature on front cover written in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 823 DIC
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
Flypaper handwriting that reads "F5184"

Summary

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and David Copperfield.
Great Expectations is another of Dickens coming of age novels and is about Pip, a young orphan who is shaped by guilt, ambition, class anxiety, and his love for Estella. The story follows his rise from a humble village boy to a London gentleman, and then his gradual moral education as he learns what really matters in life. Dickens published it in 1860–61 in serialised form and then in a book published by Chapman & Hall in 1861. The novel is even today widely regarded as one of his major and most successful works.