Description: Great Expectations is one of Dicken's most forcefully moral yet movingly human novels. The development of Philip ('Pip') Pirrip's character after he learns of 'great expectations' of wealth from a mysterious source shows that pride comes before fall. But he is not the only character to learn from his errors: Estella, a young protegee of the half-deranged Miss Havisham, has used her beauty as a weapon and she suffers too. Dickens portrays repentance and forgiveness with skill, creating a novel of remarkable thematic strength. He changed his original ending on Bulwer-Lytton's advice; the rejected ending is offered in an appendix to this edition.

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