Penguin English Library Great Expectations

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. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.