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 ...

Few authors have left a mark on literature as much as Charles Dickens. With novels packed ... it’s a gripping and emotional read. 3. Great Expectations 842,787 ratings | 3.80 average rating ...

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." ...