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Charles Dickens is a world-famous English writer, creator of many vivid images. The novel «Great Expectations» continues the theme of the formation of a young person. Dickens tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy from a poor family, who... gets the chance to become a «real gentleman», a story about how a chance encounter can change an entire life. Dickens often proclaimed the desire to break into «decent» society as a curse of the country, making people slaves of a soulless system. But the possibility of simple happiness and simple joys exists, just as the characters in the novel embody kindness and dignity.
The book presents an unadapted abridged text in the original language, accompanied by comments and a dictionary.