Book Reviews – Teen Portraits – Great Expectations Charles Dickens’s

megalesprosodokisBOOK TITLE: Great Expectations

WRITER: Charles Dickens

PUBLICATIONS: SAVALAS

PEOPLE: Pip, Magkouits, Joe Gkartzeri, Lady Gkartzeri, Estella, bidets, Miss Chavisam

TEENAGER FEATURES: tendency for isolation, erotic instinct, carelessness, attraction among friends and separation from family

SUMMARY:

A desperate fugitive meets an orphaned child in the wilderness and threatens to eat your heart for breakfast, if you dare to testify … The eccentric Miss Chavisam invites Pip to the eerie mansion … And one anonymous benefactor him from one moment to another rich.
The Pip tries to find his position in life. Ashamed of his humble origins and yearns to become one day a member of high society. Will they succeed? Both will be able to soften the icy heart of the beautiful Estella and to win her love, or is the desperate attempt of social promotion is meant to destroy all hope of happiness?

Pip’s story is full of mystery and surprises. From where comes the really interesting vathyploutis spinster for the poor boy? For what reason wants to Estella broke his heart, why reappears in his life the dangerous convict from the past? And, more importantly, who created great expectations of Pip and offered him the means to fulfill them?
MICHAEL KALIKATZAROS, B3

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