The orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella and her guardian, the embittered and vengeful Miss Havisham, the strangely ambiguous figure of the master lawyer Mr. Jaggers--all play their part in a story whose very title reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens' searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.
year: 1998
call number/section: 1000
subjects: dickens, charles, 1812-1870, england, fiction, orphans, revenge, young men, benefactors