![]() ![]() ![]() “There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.” I first read Great Expectations when I was thirteen years old. That might sound weird but what I really mean is that there is a lot of worth in this book and I would definitely recommend reading the original. I read this book when I was about 15 and even though I live in a completely different world from Pip's character, it was one of the first times that I really related to a character and felt as though I knew him or as though I could have been him. The length of the book adds to the development of the characters. It took me a couple of months to read the book but that helped me understand how much time was passing in the book. The overall plot is very complex and drawn out over a long period of time. But it's hard for me to imagine that anyone could successfully summarize the 500 pages of brilliance into a quarter the length. ![]() Much of the really awesomeness of Dickens' (and any good classic/gothic writer) comes in the 700th page or so. The original is very long but, to me, it's completely worth it. Nich I haven't read the abridged version so I can't say what all you're missing out on by just reading that but, I assume you're probably missing out on a …more I haven't read the abridged version so I can't say what all you're missing out on by just reading that but, I assume you're probably missing out on a lot. ![]()
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