{"product_id":"great-expectations-9780785841708","title":"Great Expectations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete and unabridged, this elegantly designed hardcover edition of \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e features vibrant endpapers, an introduction by Grace Moore, and a timeline of the life and times of Charles Dickens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Victorian London, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations \u003c\/i\u003eis the cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor. Its remarkable characters and compelling story about wealth and poverty, crime and social anxiety, and the bitterness of unrequited love are as relevant today as when the novel was first serialized in 1860-1861.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens's tale begins with young, orphaned Philip Pirrip, \"Pip,\" running afoul of an escaped convict in a cemetery. 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