Great Expectations ... Dickens bibliographer John Eckel, "nearly the entire first edition [of 1000 copies] was bought up by the libraries." These were lending libraries, which charged a fee for those ...

When he discovers the true origin of his fortune, and his debt catches up with him, however, he is forced to reevaluate his former great expectations. Charles Dickens is widely considered to be ...

and Great Expectations. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 at what was then 1 Mile End Terrace (now 393 Commercial Road), Landport in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Elizabeth and ...

Since 1861, Great Expectations has been printed with illustrations ... The preface was written by George Bernard Shaw, a great admirer of Dickens, who called this his "most compactly perfect book." ...