Charles Dickens 
Great Expectations 

With an essay by George Bernard Shaw.
‘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.
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