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About the books:
The one to give someone who thinks they don't like Dickens.
Pip's story moves fast, the prose is tight by Dickens's standards, and Miss Havisham remains one of the most unnervingly precise psychological portraits in Victorian fiction.
Dickens revised the ending once, this edition restores the ambiguity he originally intended.
Condition:
Good secondhand condition.
Wear to cover.
Age related tanning to pages.
Discoloration to first 3 pages.
Inscription in pen on inner cover and first page.
Some annotations in pencil.
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About the author:
Charles Dickens (1812 to 1870)
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children in a family that hovered on the edge of gentility. His father, a charming but feckless naval clerk, was imprisoned for debt when Charles was twelve, forcing the boy to work in a blacking factory pasting labels on pots an experience of humiliation and abandonment that haunted him for life. Self-educated and ferociously ambitious, he rose from child labourer to the most celebrated writer in the English-speaking world.
Dickenss style is exuberant, theatrical, and astonishingly vivid. He blended sharp social realism with wild comedy, sentiment, and gothic melodrama, creating larger-than-life characters with unforgettable names and quirks. His prose is rhythmic, energetic, and packed with memorable set pieces that move fluidly between humour, pathos, and biting satire.
His recurring preoccupations include the brutal effects of poverty and industrialisation, the hypocrisy of Victorian society, the struggles of children, the possibility of redemption, and the contrast between institutional cruelty and individual kindness.
Major Works
Dickens remains one of the most influential novelists ever, shaping how we see Victorian England and inspiring generations of writers through his social conscience and storytelling genius.
If you love richly populated worlds, unforgettable characters, and stories that move between laughter and tears while shining a light on societys ills, Charles Dickens is essential.
