Project Gutenberg 2006-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 431 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Great expectations. French Les grandes espérances Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations Produced by www.ebooksgratuits.com and Chuck Greif "Les grandes espérances" by Charles Dickens is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows the life of Philip "Pip" Pirrip, an orphaned boy raised by his sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The novel delves into themes of social class, ambition, and personal growth as Pip navigates his childhood and the mysteries surrounding his background and aspirations. The opening of the novel introduces Pip as he reflects on his name and family while visiting the graves of his parents and siblings in a marshy graveyard. In a moment of fear and vulnerability, Pip encounters an escaped convict who threatens him and demands he steal a file and food for him. This encounter sets the stage for Pip's internal struggles and moral dilemmas as he grapples with fear, guilt, and the choices he must make. The narrative establishes a dark, foreboding atmosphere while hinting at Pip's complex journey ahead, making it an intriguing start to Dickens’ exploration of identity and social mobility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Orphans -- Fiction England -- Fiction Revenge -- Fiction Bildungsromans Young men -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Ex-convicts -- Fiction Benefactors -- Fiction PR Text Best Books Ever Listings FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 1232079 2025-06-07T13:10:16.921461 text/html 1421681 2006-07-19T10:29:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 455804 2006-07-19T10:30:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 523747 2025-06-07T13:10:33.032369 application/epub+zip 544946 2025-06-07T13:10:20.996434 application/epub+zip 531533 2025-06-07T13:10:19.263543 application/epub+zip 964915 2025-06-07T13:10:42.634325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 911462 2025-06-07T13:10:31.949424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 869195 2022-09-08T11:46:20.358373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1187968 2025-06-07T13:10:13.375519 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1157324 2006-07-19T10:29:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 427924 2006-07-19T10:30:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20965 2025-06-07T13:10:42.799311 application/rdf+xml 14681 2025-06-07T13:10:19.936414 image/jpeg 4025 2025-06-07T13:10:19.621441 image/jpeg 513317 2025-06-07T13:10:17.036469 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia