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Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Start date: January 15, 2016

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Jan 14, 2014 Chrissie rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: disliked, great-britain, 2014-read, victorian, hf, classics, downpour

What can I say? I stuck it out to the end. 2/3 through it began to draw my attention. At that point I was moved by p-o-o-r Estrella and p-o-o-r Miss Havisham and even Pip, but then came the ending! Both the revised and Dickens' first ending were a total fizzle for me. Both endings were given in tis audiobook, and I liked neither.

I don't like Dickens' wordiness, his cynical humor or his dialogs. I never laughed. His style of writing has no charm for me. Too repetitive, most often boring and a ...more

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Feb 13, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, 3ms, classics, victorians, e-books, british-literature, fiction-19th-century, literature-english-country-house

Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861 ...more

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Jan 31, 2024 Debbie Hughes rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

WOW!! Why oh why don’t we read more classics?!!
I have made it a goal to read at least one a year. Not much I know but hopefully will beat that goal.
Charles Dickens is a great storyteller and gives you an intriguing ride. To think this was written in 1859 and would make a great discussion book. Yes it is a bit long, I read some and listened to a lot on audio.
Let’s all read a few more classics.
Oh and there is a great version of Great Expectations from 2011 from PBS I think. Miss Haversham is un ...more

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