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Summary: Top 5 Favorites...
Review: This book is in one of my Top 5 Favorite all time books. I have read it again and again. The only problem I have with it is that I am never able to get through part three. How could I call it my favorite then? Read the book and discover the magic.
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Summary: The greatest book in the world
Review: I just want to make a comment the subject of Estella's lack of character development viewed as a flaw. It is NOT A FLAW!!! Estella is like a goddess, she's beautiful and desirable, but very distant and cold. Every guy has had their "Estellas" in their lives, so the less we know about her, the more "real" she is, email me with comments
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Summary: One of the GREATEST books ever written.
Review: My first experience with this book was as a freshman in high school. Being so young, it was nearly impossible to grasp the depth and breadth of this genius piece of work. This story is amazingly broad in character development. Through the novel, one is able to follow the life journey of Pip, and his ties to those closest to him in life. He "changes, and changes again," and can never fully recover from what he learns. There's no going back. This book will forever remain one of my favorite. It's one that leaves you wondering how a person could have the talent to create such a touching, masterful work.
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Summary: Money per word...
Review: People have enjoyed the adventures of Pip and friends (or enemies, as the case may be) for decades! Though quite confusing at times, Great Expectations was a well thought out novel. This book required more concentration than most, with a cast of characters that would fill the world many times over. I had trouble reading it in the normal haphazard fashion I usually take; a chapter here, a few pages on the way to school, because of all the details put into it. I know this classic was written with money being paid per word, but I found much of the long, rambling, descriptions to be the one major fault of the novel. I think that the one reason people accept and cherish these lengthy descriptions is because Great Expectations is one of the "classic classics", so to speak. People expect it to become tedious in places, filled with descriptions of anything from a desk drawer to toenail clippings. But overall, I found this to be a touching book, about mangled love, childhood, and life in general. A great read for anyone with patience!!
-LJ
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Summary: This book was AWESOME ! 10 zillion stars !!!!!!!
Review: I think that this book was superb, not just because it's a classic but because of it's morals and it's story of young Pip and how he goes through many many adventures and many wonderful happenings in his life. That's why of course it's called Great Expectations - the title tells all
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Summary: My best reading experience ever.
Review: This book helped me realize I do not need to read books in a conventional manner to fully enjoy them. I read the book with the aid of books on tape while in the back of my parent's Toyota riding through Holland. The atmosphere of the many hours spent enjoying the book while I would have been sleeping or staring vacantly at the fields still calls me to thank my eighth grade teacher for assigning it to me. Even though I remember groaning at the first sight of the thick novel, I am happy to have known the eccentric nature of the rich old lady, the adventuresome curiousity of young Pip, and most of all the intriguing presence of the girl Pip would be affected by for his whole life
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Summary: A Great Novel
Review: This novel, written by Charles Dickens, shows us that we cannot achieve happiness from money. It also teaches us that if we succumb to our desires we will end up losing in life. I recommend this beautifully written masterpiece to anyone who enjoys reading
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Summary: Estella in Great Expectations.
Review: After doing numerous analysing on the novel, I find Estella the least developed of all the main characters in the book. The chapters in which she apperas in are short; her actions are small and her speeches are simplistic. I find it a pity that Charles Dickens did not actually further develope Estella and based the entire story on Pip
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Summary: Such a tradgedy!!!
Review: This book is one of the most depressing novels I have ever read. Just about anything and everything goes wrong
for Pip and just about everyone in the story dies. It was
a good book, don't get me wrong, just a bit of a downer.
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Summary: A Classic Tale!!!
Review: This book has it all mystery, bleeding hearts and villans not to mention nice guys and smarties. The characters will impress you, others will make your stomach wrench and some will make your skin crawl. This book will stir any reader. One word of warning though don't read the blurbs, don't read the reviews, if you have never heard of this book, read it before someone spoils it for you
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