Household Edition Great Expectations | Dickens Gallery

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Household Edition

The Household Edition of Great Expectations was published in 1876 and features 30 illustrations by F. A. Fraser.

Title Page and Vignette

"Hold your noise!" cried a horrible voice .... "Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat"

The sergeant ran in first

"Why, here's a J," said Joe, "and a O equal to anythink!"

She gave a contemptuous toss . . . . and left me

He said, "Aha! would you?" and began dancing backward and forward

“Well, Pip, you know,” replied Joe, as if that were a little unreasonable, “you yourself see me put ’em in my ’at, and therefore you know as they are here”

Orlick . . . . was very soon among the coal-dust, and in no hurry to come out of it

Then she softly patted my shoulder in a soothing way

"Now, this," said Mr. Trabb, "is a very sweet article"

"Say another word — one single word — and Wemmick shall give you your money back"

"This chap . . . . murdered his master"

We found the aged heating the poker, with expectant eyes

"Do you take tea, or coffee, Mr. Gargery?"

Drawling to his attendants, "Don't know yah, don't know yah!"

"Oh, you must take the purse!"

It was fine summer weather again

It is of no use," said Biddy

“What?” said Estella, preserving her attitude of indifference as she leaned against the great chimney-piece and only moving her eyes; “do you reproach me for being cold? You?”

'Why should I look at him?' returned Estella

I rose out of my chair, and stood with my hand upon the back of it, looking wildly at him

Gradually I slipped from the chair, and lay on the floor

"When I says to Compeyson,'Once out of this court, I'll smash that face o' yours!' Ain't it Compeyson as prays the judge to be protected, and gets two turnkeys stood betwixt us?"

He came back, calling for a light for the cigar in his mouth, which he had forgotten

I had to feel my way back among the shipping

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