Great Expectations
Ratings252
Average rating3.5
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Ratings252
Average rating3.5
In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens chronicles the life of Pip, an ordinary country boy led astray by the trappings of London society as well as his desire to improve himself and become a gentleman. Along the way, Pip meets the disappointed Miss Havisham and her beautiful but unattainable ward, Estella, with whom he falls deeply in love. Beloved by generations of readers, Great Expectations was originally published in serial form from December 1860 to August 1861.
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I believe this book has convinced me to discontinue reading books that were originally published as a serial. You get the feeling that the story is longer than needed to keep the reader hooked to its original artificially expanded publishing schedule.
Compare a 10 episode season of an HBO or Netflix show with a 22 episode Network show. Some of the story is filler due to contractually obligated demands to fill slots in a schedule, or columns on the page to keep the interest of an audience that can attract advertisers.
A ver, yo sé que seguro que la original es mejor pero es que esta edición es un aburrimiento sin sentido. El Pip se contradice y lo miman. Vamos, él no hace nada y los demás le salvan el culo. Una caca vomitiva
I hated this book in HS, but loved it the second time round. It took me about six weeks to read because I've been so busy, but my interest never flagged and it read well despite the slow pace (no surprise there I guess).
That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.
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