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Great Expectations
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September 1, 2019
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September 30, 2019

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Ms. B
Feb 04, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2024, classics, adult
4.5 - 5 stars, this is exactly what you expect from a classic! Telling the ups and downs with occasional humor of young Pip, his family, friends and acquaintances from his childhood to adulthood (possibly his 30s), this is a story I plan to and want to reread.
At times, you may feel you're reading a soap opera or telenovela from the 1800s. (view spoiler) Ori
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Laura  (Reading is a Doing Word)
This is the 13th book in my #ayearofdickens2021 challenge.
Despite my best efforts, I lost momentum towards the end of the year and therefore will be finishing this Dickens reading project in 2022, hopefully by the end of Feb, but I’ll keep the 2021 hashtag.
Great Expectations has been an interesting reading experience, not least because it is such a beloved favourite of many Dickens readers, it is almost impossible to come to it without “great expectations” of the book itself.
It’s such a popular
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Elba
Jan 11, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
'Great Expectations' is Charles Dickens most popular novel. It chronicles Pip from a child into adulthood. The novel has fantastic characters from Miss Havisham to Magwitch and the lovely, cold hearted Estella. Dickens had such a way of portraying his characters with traits very familiar to the reader and developed in such a way that delves into the very psyche of human nature. It's not easy reading by any means. I started this novel in September and I found myself re-reading often and loosing i ...more
entrelínies.nesa
Mar 01, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
‘Grandes esperanzas' ha sido mi primer contacto largo (leí 'Canción de Navidad') con Dickens. Y creo que ha sido una buena iniciación con el autor victoriano. Se trata de un libro que fue origináriamente publicado por entregas en la propia revista de Dickens, All the Year Round. Es difícil sintetizar en tan pocas líneas lo que es 'Grandes esperanzas' y lo que esconde en sus más de 500 páginas. Es una novela de aprendizaje, ya que está centrada en la evolución de Pip, el protagonista, des de su ...more
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