Introduction by John Irving тАв┬аNominated as one of AmericaтАЩs best-loved novels by PBSтАЩs┬аThe Great American Read
Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectationsтАФuntil he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable charactersтАФincluding a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella,┬аGreat Expectations┬аis a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money canтАЩt buy. тАЬGreat Expectations┬аhas the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English language,тАЭ according to John Irving, and J. Hillis Miller declares, тАЬGreat Expectations┬аis the most unified and concentrated expression of DickensтАЩs abiding sense of the world, and Pip might be called the archetypal Dickens hero.тАЭ