Great Expectations (Broschiert)

Great Expectations (Broschiert)
von Charles Dickens

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Während seiner allwöchentlichen Besuche bei der reichen Miss Havisham verliebt sich der kleine Pip in die Adoptivtochter der alten Dame und beginnt von Reichtum und Bildung zu träumen - schier unerfüllbare Wünsche für einen Waisenjungen und Schmiedelehrling. Plötzlich will ihn ein unbekannter Gönner zu einem Gentleman erziehen lassen. Bald hat Pip sein einfaches Leben vergessen und führt in London ein verschwenderisches Dasein. Unversehens gerät er in eine lebensgefährliche Lage.-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe:Broschiert

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Dickens consideredGreat Expectationsone of his "little pieces," and indeed, itisslim compared to such weighty novels asDavid CopperfieldorNicholas Nickleby. But what this cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor lacks in length, it more than makes up for in its remarkable characters and compelling story. The novel begins with young orphaned Philip Pirrip--Pip--running afoul of an escaped convict in a cemetery. This terrifying personage bullies Pip into stealing food and a file for him, threatening that if he tells a soul "your heart and your liver shall be tore out, roasted and ate." The boy does as he's asked, but the convict is captured anyway, and transported to the penal colonies in Australia. Having started his novel in a cemetery, Dickens then ups the stakes and introduces his hero into the decaying household of Miss Havisham, a wealthy, half-mad woman who was jilted on her wedding day many years before and has never recovered. Pip is brought there to play with Miss Havisham's ward, Estella, a little girl who delights in tormenting Pip about his rough hands and future as a blacksmith's apprentice.

I had never thought of being ashamed of my hands before; but I began to consider them a very indifferent pair. Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.

It is an infection that Pip never quite recovers from; as he spends more time with Miss Havisham and the tantalizing Estella, he becomes more and more discontented with his guardian, the kindhearted blacksmith, Joe, and his childhood friend Biddy. When, after several years, Pip becomes the heir of an unknown benefactor, he leaps at the chance to leave his home and friends behind to go to London and become a gentleman. But having expectations, as Pip soon learns, is a two-edged sword, and nothing is as he thought it would be. Like that other "little piece,"A Tale of Two CitiesGreat Expectationsis different from the usual Dickensian fare: the story is dark, almost surreal at times, and you'll find few of the author's patented comic characters and no comic set pieces. And yet this is arguably the most compelling of Dickens's novels for, unlike David Copperfield or Martin Chuzzlewit, the reader can never be sure that thingswillwork out for Pip. Even Dickens apparently had his doubts--he wrote two endings for this novel.--Alix Wilber-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe:Broschiert

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174.	A True Classic!
173.	ok for a forced read
172.	A GREAT READ

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