Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (Barron's Book Notes) by Charles Dickens, Holly Hughes ISBN: 0-8120-3414-7 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: November, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I loved Great Expectations!
Comment: I heard for a long time that Great Expectations was a very dull book, so I didn't read it until now. When I began reading it, I thought, all those people were wrong about this book! It was so interesting and I could hardly put it down! I thought the entire story was absolutely fantastic. The book made you really get into the characters. The part that I also enjoyed about it was that it wasn't just a cheesy romance novel. It had other things in it besides those about Estella and Pip. I was also very impressed becuase it wasn't a book that I could read in a couple days with no trouble. I actually had to think about it while I read it! Needless to say, this book was one of, if not THE best book I've ever read. I would recommend it to anyone, as a matter of fact I've inspired not only some of my friends to read it, but also my favorite English teacher who has never had the joy of reading it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pure Genius!
Comment: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is his gift to the world. This book is quite confusing at first but it all comes togethor in the end. Expectations is about a young boy named Pip who has been raised by his sister. By pure luck he is introduced to a rich elderly woman and a run away convict. You would never guess that these two people have anything to do with each other. The book is filled with many charectors and written in old english. If you like romance and mystery you'll love this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Irony and point of view in Great Expectations
Comment: I read this novel and i found it very interesting .Even from the title we feel the irony of the writer:there are "Great Expectations",but none of the heroes of the book can acomplish them . In fact irony in this novel may be considered a kind of intertext . The book presents a life turned upsidedown:Pip`s life changed completely from the moment he is held hills over head by the fugitive Magwitch . The main hero of the novel Pip,is a kind of prism :through his eyes we can see the action ,we see waht he sees , we understand what he understands ,from the point of view of a 5 years old boy .That is why the narrator is subjective ,as the central conscience of the novel is influenced by heroe`s emotions and opinions . The novel is also an irony of destiny : thus ,Mrs Havisham ,an excentric old woman ,half crazy , half excentric ,has a " broken heart " as she was left by her fiancee .Decided to revenge she finds herself guilty of agression against life as she uses the two childern ,Estella and Pip to acomplish her wild dark dreams .She teaches Estella to hate and hurt men ,first turning her into a frosty girl and later into an insensitive woman . The novel also presents the evolution of Pip.He is a poor boy ,but through hard work he becomes a rich man.In his evolution he was helped by his secret love for Estella ,but he is disappointed by her.In the end of the novel he prooves that he changed:when he meets Estella he doesn`t return to her .
 |
Title: Great Expectations (Cliffs Notes) by Debra A. Bailey ISBN: 0764585983 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
 |
Title: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Mitchell ISBN: 0141439564 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
 |
Title: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0486415864 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $3.00 |
 |
Title: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Paperbacks) by Chris Baldick ISBN: 019280118X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo Salter, Jon Stallworthy ISBN: 0393968200 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $68.20 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
