Libro : Con Las Olas - Álvarez León, Patricia

-Titulo Original : Con Las Olas (Spanish Edition)

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Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith, with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London. 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. Charles Dickens classic novel, Great Expectations, explores memories of the past and their grip on the present, whilst raising disturbing questions about the extent to which individuals affect each others lives. About the Author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. In 1823 his father was imprisoned for debt and Dickens was sent to work in a blacking warehouse. When his fathers fortunes improved, Dickens went back to school and then worked as a solicitors clerk, a shorthand reporter, and a parliamentary reporter. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines and in 1836 his first novel, Pickwick Papers, was published in monthly instalments followed by Oliver Twist in 1837 and A Christmas Carol in 1843. Charles Dickens died in 1870 and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest English novelists.