Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Dickens was the soul of society of the Victorian age, yet don’t let that put you off. Great Expectations is the gathering storm of the stranded Pip, the beautiful Estella, and the frustrated Miss Havisham. First written in serial form, you scarcely have the opportunity to recuperate from one cliffhanger before the following one calls, by and large in Dickens’ lush, witty, ardent exposition.
