The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

"What do you think that is?'' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; ''that, where those cobwebs are?"

"I can''t guess what it is, ma''am."

"It''s a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!"

Great Expectations, Dickens''s funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip''s journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man''s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens''s late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.

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