I have been bent & broken but
- I hope
- into a better shape' Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional

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Pip&s life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins & up the social ladder His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals Pip&s desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella but secrets from the past impede his progress & he has many hard lessons to learn ...

The classic novel brought to life in full colour! 'I never saw my father or my mother & never saw any likeness of either of them' No classical collection would be complete without this well-loved Dickens title The wonderful tale of Pip Miss Havisham & the spiteful Estella is retold here with fresh enthusiasm contained within rich Victorian ambiance for a wonderful reading experience ...

'I never saw my father or my mother & never saw any likeness of either of them' No classical collection would be complete without this well-loved Dickens title The wonderful tale of Pip Miss Havisham & the spiteful Estella is retold here with fresh enthusiasm contained within rich Victorian ambience for a wonderful reading experience ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Mike Newell (HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE) adapts Charles Dickens with this BBC Films production once again chronicling an orphan (Jeremy Irvine) who learns he has an unknown benefactor & sets off to London with &great expectations& Helena Bonham Carter co-stars as the tragic Miss Havisham Actors Ralph Fiennes Helena Bonham Carter Jason Flemyng Robbie Coltrane Holliday Grainger Jeremy Irvine Sally Hawkins Sophie Rundle Ewen Bremner David Walliams Jessie Cave Ralph Ineson Tamzin Outhwaite Olly Alexander & Ben Lloyd-Hughes Director Mike Newell Certificate 12 years & over Year 2012 Languages English ...

An unknown benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing Aspiring to be a gentleman & encouraged by his expectations of wealth he abandons his friends & moves to London His expectations prove to be unfounded however & he must return home penniless 462 pages Dickens Charles ...

Pip doesn't expect much from life His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her But suddenly things begin to change Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal is summoned to visit a mysterious old woman & meets the icy beauty Estella 544 pages Dickens Charles ...

Considered by many to be Dickens& finest novel Great Expectations traces the growth of the book&s narrator Philip Pirrip (Pip) from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes the story abounds with some of Dickens& most memorable characters Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch the eccentric Miss Haversham & her beautiful ward Estella Pip&s good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket & the pompous Pumblechook As Pip unravels the truth behind his own &great expectations& in his quest to become a gentleman the mysteries of the past & the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity & his most important discovery of all
- the truth about himself
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& It was now too late & too far to go back & I went on & the mists had all solemnly risen now & the world lay spread before me’A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter decaying Miss Havisham & her beautiful cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip’s life forever & he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman Dickens’s haunting late novel depicts Pip’s education & development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his ‘great expectations’ This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861 It

Includes:: a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century & appendices on Dickens’s original ending & his working notes giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens" What do you think that is?& she asked me again pointing with her stick; &that where those cobwebs are?""I can&t guess what it is ma&am"" It&s a great cake A bride-cake Mine!" Great Expectations Dickens&s funny frightening & tender portrayal of the orphan Pip&s journey of self-discovery is one of his best-loved works Showing how a young man&s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events
- an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman & a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor
- Dickens&s late novel is a masterpiece of psychological & moral truth & Pip among his greatest creations The Penguin English Library
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