A wonderful book!

This is the most acclaimed works of Dickens. ‘Great Expectations’ is the biography of Philip Pirrip or Pip whose dream is to be a gentleman.

Pip, the main character of the novel is an apprentice to Joe, his uncle and best friend. He is well contented till the time he gets the desire to be a gentleman. His chance comes when he is named as the beneficiary to some amount of fortune.

Dickens, in this book of his examines the human nature, how vulnerable we are to the call of money. The great author brings out how Pip makes fair-weather friends when he comes to fortune, how he forgets his roots and his good old true friend Joe. Besides that ‘Great Expectations’ depicts also the love of Pip for a certain girl named Estella, for whose sake he wanted to be a gentleman.

If you’ve been asking yourself what is the meaning of true love, then read this fabulous book, it will help you to find the meaning of it to some extent. ‘Great Expectation’ is one of those books that after reading you will feel the self-satisfaction still lingering in your heart for quite a long while.