Sue Roe — Estella: Her Expectations
Brighton , Harvester, 1982. First edition. Cloth. An extraordinary and original first novel that delves into the expectations of one of Charles Dicken's forgotten characters. A very well presented first edition copy of Sue Roe's first novel. Extraordinary, ambitious and original, Roe explores the expectations of Miss Havisham's daughter Estella from Charles Dicken's Great Expectations. She writes with artistic language and visceral imagery to give Estella a voice. In the unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, incredibly smart. A light mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Some fading and bumping to the spine. Some spotting to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Fine . Ill.: none. Fine/Very Good Indeed.
