Great Expectations (Illustrated Classic)

This exquisitely designed leather-bound edition of one of Dickens’ greatest works comes with a gold-foiled cover,a ribbon bookmark,gilded edges,and beautiful endpapers. Ideal to be read and treasured,it makes for a perfect addition to any library.Taken to the Satis House by his Uncle Pumblechook one day,Pip,a young orphan,meets a wealthy,eccentric spinster,Miss Havisham,and her beautiful,cold-hearted ward,Estella. Pip instantly falls in love with her. But in the days to come,he is constantly reminded that Estella is heartless.You must know,”said Estella,condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might,that I have no heart”Apprenticed as a blacksmith with his brother-in-law,Pip yearns to become a wealthy gentleman in order to be worthy of her. And when he learns of the expectations from a secret benefactor for him to be trained in the gentlemanly arts,he goes to London. As a series of events follow,including Estella’s marriage to the brutal nobleman,Bentley Drummle,will Pip and Estella ever unite?