Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means In the gloom of a country graveyard the young boy encounters an escaped convict & a chance meeting years later leads the boy to mysterious adventure wealth & joy ...

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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This book contains the complete text of Charles Dickens's ' Great Expectations' with insightful comments throughout for GCSE & A-level English students There's plenty of space at the edge of the page to write your own notes Plus there's a guide to all the key scenes & a character tree to help you keep track of who's who A smaller note-free edition which matches this study edition page-for-page is also available for exams (9781847624840) ...

Region 2 This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Star-studded adaptation of Dickens& classic novel As a boy Pip helps escaped convict Magwitch (James Mason) when he encounters him on the moors Later in life Pip is taken to the home of the wealthy eccentric Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton) where he meets the beautiful but cold Estella (Sarah Miles) When Pip is subsequently informed by lawyer Jaggers (Anthony Quayle) that a mystery benefactor wishes him to be brought up a gentleman he assumes that Miss Havisham is responsible
- intending him to eventually marry Estella Following an expensive education in London Pip
- now a man (Michael York)
- returns to his childhood home but the expectations he holds of his future are soon to be confounded


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A mysterious benefactor gives an aspiring artist his first big break in New York There he meets up with a young woman whom he has vowed to win over ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Get swept away with this beautiful adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel starring Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2) Ralph Fiennes (Skyfall) Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) Holliday Grainger (Anna Karenina) Robbie Coltrane (Arthur Christmas) & David Walliams (Little Britain) Directed by BAFTA Award-winning Mike Newell (Four Weddings & a Funeral Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire) this is a stunning re-telling of the classic tale Young orphan Pip (Jeremy Irvine) is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella (Holliday Grainger); a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play " Don&t come again Even if she begs Forget about this house & everyone in it" On a cold winter&s day orphan Pip has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict Pip&s innocent act of kindness towards this man is to have far reaching consequences for them both Meanwhile Miss Havisham the reclusive owner of the grand & dilapidated Satis House has requested Pip&s presence as a playmate to her beautiful but cold-hearted daughter Estella Then Pip&s life is suddenly transformed by the generosity of a secret benefactor Pip abandons his loving home on the marshes for the life of a London gentleman hoping to win Estella&s hand But the encounters of his childhood are to haunt him & shape the man he becomes Sarah Phelps& gripping adaptation brings out the very best of Dickens& masterpiece
- part thrillerpart mystery with a powerful love story at its heart
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