{"product_id":"great-expectations-9780375757013","title":"Great Expectations","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by George Bernard Shaw - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations--until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters--including a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money can't buy. \"\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e has the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English language,\" according to John Irving, and J. Hillis Miller declares, \"\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e is the most unified and concentrated expression of Dickens's abiding sense of the world, and Pip might be called the archetypal Dickens hero.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (1856-1950) was a leading playwright of the twentieth century. His plays include \u003ci\u003eMan and Superman \u003c\/i\u003e(1905), \u003ci\u003eMajor Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e (1905), \u003ci\u003ePygmalion\u003c\/i\u003e (1913), and \u003ci\u003eSaint Joan \u003c\/i\u003e(1923).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912476201234,"sku":"9780375757013","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70e96051-d2d2-4514-a44d-968ed379811e.jpg?v=1768914653","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/great-expectations-9780375757013","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}