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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Dial Pr
Publication date July 31, 2007
Pages 256
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780385341066
ISBN-10 0385341067
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.70 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $20.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, on which survival is daily struggle, eccentric Mr. Watts, the only white man left after the other teachers flee, spends his day reading to the local children from Charles Dickens's classic Great Expectations, capturing the imaginations of thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers with the London adventures of a young orphan named Pip. 50,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The novel is the story of a girl caught in the throes of war on the island of Bougainville. It is through the guidance of her devoted but strict Christian mother and teacher that Matilda survives but, more importantly, through her connection with Pip, a fictional creation in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Pip helps Matilda maintain a desire to live, especially after her mother, the wise Mr Watts, and her island home cease to exist. The novel opens with a colourful description of Watts, whom the children call Pop-Eye (The first line of the book being: 'Everyone called him Pop Eye') due to his eyes that "stuck out further than anyone else's". We learn of his marriage to Grace, a native of Bougainville, which explains why he remained long after most white men had abandoned the island. With military tension rising and the school room growing over with creepers, Watts decides to take on the task of educating the children. Despite his claim to be limited in intelligence, he introduces the students to one of the greatest English authors, Charles Dickens. Dolores, Matilda's overzealous Christian mother, expresses an extreme distrust of the teacher and his curriculum. She does everything in her power to ensure that her daughter's mind is not polluted by the strange white man, including making weekly visits to the classroom. She even goes as far as stealing and hiding Watts's Great Expectations book, an action that causes immense trouble when soldiers enter the village and find Pip's name carved into the sand. It is Matilda who wrote his name, and it is her guilt that makes her empathize with her mother, who refuses to give up the book as evidence that Pip is not a rebel but a fictional character. Convinced that Pip must be a spy who has been hidden from them, the soldiers destroy the houses.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780385341066
 
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from Dial Pr (July 31, 2007)
9780385341066 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $20.00
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Dial Pr (May 20, 2008)
9780385341073 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $16.00
from Renouf Pub Co Ltd (May 20, 2008)
9780676979282 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $21.00
Miscellaneous
Book cover for 9780440337164
 
from Random House Inc (July 31, 2007)
9780440337164 | details & prices | List price $14.00
CD/Spoken Word
from John Murray Pubs Ltd (January 20, 2011)
9781848546035 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.24 lbs | List price $22.65
from Gardners Books (November 15, 2007)
9781405506816 | details & prices | 144 pages | List price $25.00
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781439559307
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 8, 2008)
9781439559307 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.54 lbs | List price $21.00

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