Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
751 pages~13 hrs
“Every fortune has a shadow, and every expectation has a price.”
When a humble orphan is suddenly elevated to the ranks of the elite by a mysterious benefactor, he believes his dreams of status and love are finally within reach. Yet, beneath the gilding of Victorian high society lie dark secrets, haunting pasts, and the realization that true worth cannot be bought.
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