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by Charles Dickens · 1812–1870
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published serially from 1860 to 1861. The story follows Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her blacksmith husband on England's coastal marshes. After a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and strange visits to the bitter Miss Havisham and her cold adopted daughter Estella, Pip's life transforms when he mysteriously receives a fortune from an unknown benefactor. This bildungsroman explores wealth and poverty, love and rejection, through vivid characters and dramatic scenes that have captivated readers for generations.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 838 min
- Words
- 184,469
- Chapters
- 60
- Paragraphs
- 3,911
- Price
- Free
- Benefactors -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- England -- Fiction
- Ex-convicts -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Revenge -- Fiction
- Young men -- Fiction
“Nothing worth mentioning,” replied Camilla.
„Nichts, das erwähnenswert wäre“, antwortete Camilla.
“I don’t wish to make a display of my feelings, but I have habitually thought of you more in the night than I am quite equal to.”
„Ich möchte keine Schau meiner Gefühle treiben, aber ich habe nachts mehr an Sie gedacht, als ich ganz verkraften kann.“
About the author
Charles Dickens1812–1870
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and journalist who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #1400
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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