Latif Doss Knihy

Pôsobivý obraz temného zločineckého podsvetia Londýna, príbeh sleduje Oliviera Twista, sirotu, ktorý čelí zlu a nepriazni od svojho narodenia, čo šokovalo čitateľov pri jeho vydaní. Po úteku z práce a pompézneho pána Bumblea sa Oliver dostáva do zločineckej skupiny plnej živých postáv, ako sú prefíkaný Dodger, brutálny zlodej Bill Sikes, jeho pes Bull's Eye a prostitútka Nancy, všetci pod dohľadom majstra zlodeja Fagina. Kombinujúc gotický román, prvky novely z Newgate a populárnu melodrámu, Dickens vytvoril nový druh fikcie, ktorý kritizuje krutú spoločnosť, preniknutú pocitom ohrozenia a tajomstva. Príbeh je prepracovanou kritikou spoločenských pomerov a zobrazuje ťažkosti, ktorým čelí chudoba a bezprávie.

An unknown benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded however, and he must return home penniless.

Perhaps Dickens's best-loved work, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, a young man with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefactor allows him to escape the Kent marshes for a more promising life in London. Despite his good fortune, Pip is haunted by figures from his past--the escaped convict Magwitch, the time-withered Miss Havisham, and her proud and beautiful ward, Estella--and in time uncovers not just the origins of his great expectations but the mystery of his own heart. A powerful and moving novel, Great Expectations is suffused with Dickens's memories of the past and its grip on the present, and it raises disturbing questions about the extent to which individuals affect each other's lives. This edition reprints the definitive Clarendon text. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's new introduction ranges widely across critical issues raised by the novel: its biographical genesis, ideas of origin and progress and what makes a gentleman, memory, melodrama, and the book's critical reception. The book includes four appendices and the fullest set of critical notes in any mass-market edition.