Considered by many to be Dickens' masterpiece, Great Expectations, completed in 1861, tells the engrossing story of Pip, a boy whose surprising journey to adulthood is mapped by the unseen hand of an escaped convict he helps one fateful and terrifying night. Hard Times, written seven years earlier, is a gripping novel of childhood, family life, and the evils of industrialization. This Nonesuch edition features the author's final texts and all of the illustrations Dickens himself selected to complement his words.