Great Expectations (Graphic Art Collector's Edition)

Discover the story of Great Expectations with this striking collector’s edition from Union Square & Co.'s Signature Editions series!The classic texts that shaped our culture feature exclusive cover art by distinguished artist Malika Favre.Her bold, graphic style gives each classic literature book a small masterpiece for a jacket.Collect the set or prize this Great Expectations special edition as your showpiece literary classic. Pip is a poor orphan, a boy with "no expectations" being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent.But when Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward, Estella, he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman.However, Pip will discover that wealth and honesty do not go hand in hand, and that kindness can be found in the most surprising places.Literary history and meaning: Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, was first published in 1861.This novel follows the life of an orphan named Pip as he grows from boy