Great Expectations

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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 is Charles Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, and 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.