内容简介

A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens' haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers thetrue nature of his 'great expectations'.

作者简介

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature and Head of Department at University College London. Charlotte ...

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精彩摘录

我们为人一世，往往就会这样，为了防范自己最看不起的人，结果干出了最最卑鄙恶劣的行径。

——引自第242页

对我来说，这一天是终生难忘的一天，因为这一天在我身上引起了巨大的变化。谁过上这样的一天，也会终生难忘的。请诸位设身处地想一想吧，假使你们一生中也有这么一个不同寻常的日子，这一天会和平常过得多么两样啊！读者诸君，请你们暂时放下书来想一想吧，人生的长链不论是金铸的也好，铁打的也好，荆棘编成的也好，花朵串起来的也好，要不是你自己在终生难忘的某一天动手去制作那第一环，你也就根本不会过上这样的一生了。

——引自第108页