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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by Acker, Kathy
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1983. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket.. First edition of Acker's rewriting and reinterpretation of Charles Dickens's famed coming-of-age novel. Told with Acker's typical sense of experimentation, appropriation, and brutal honesty. Oddly uncommon and a beautiful copy. 8'' x 5''. Publisher's quarter black cloth over black boards. In original unclipped ($14.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Roy Colmer after art by Sue Coe. 128 pages. Bright and sharp overall.
Synopsis
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. Great Expectations is written in the style of bildungsroman, which follows the story of a man or woman in their quest for maturity, usually starting from childhood and ending in the main character's eventual adulthood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50895
- Title
- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
- Author
- Acker, Kathy
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 20th century,1980s,Woman Author
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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