Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
- Great Expectations has it all: romance, mystery, comedy, and unforgettable characters woven through a gripping rags-to-riches tale. NaIve Pip, creepy Miss Haversham, beautifully cold Estella, terrifying Abel Magwitch, and the rest of Dicken's fantastic cast are perfectly envisioned in this new adaptation in this 300-plus page volume featuring artwork by artist Nokman Poon.
- Manga Classics editions feature classic stories, faithfully adapted and illustrated in manga style, and available in both hardcover and softcover editions. Proudly presented by UDON Entertainment and Morpheus Publishing.
Synopsis
Charles Dickens'sGreat Expectationstells the story ofPip, an English orphan who rises to wealth, deserts his true friends, and becomes humbled by his own arrogance. It also introduces one of the more colorful characters in literature: Miss Havisham. Dickens setGreat Expectationsduring the time that England was becoming a wealthy world power. Machines were making factories more productive, yet people lived in awful conditions. Naive Pip, creepy Miss Haversham, beautifully cold Estella, terrifying Abel Magwitch and the rest of Dicken s fantastic cast are perfectly envisioned in Crystal Chan s new adaptation featuring artwork by artist Nokman Poon."