Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics & Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence There&s no better rule& Living with his sister & her husband Pip is an orphan without any expectations It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman Miss Havisham & her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better When it is revealed that Pip has inherited a large sum of money from a mysterious benefactor on the condition that he moves to London to become a gentleman Pip&s adventure really begins Epic illuminating & memorable Dickens mysterious tale of Pip&s quest to find the truth about himself is one of his most enduring & popular novels to date ...

As a small boy at Joe Gargery&s forge Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life
- an escaped convict he is forced to
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& Hold your noise! Keep still you little devil or I&ll cut your throat!& Little orphan Pip scarcely imagines how a terrifying encounter with a convict on the lonely marshes will later transform his life Pip is more troubled by his visits to strange old Miss Havisham
- her decaying wedding dress & the house full of memories
- & the beautiful girl Estella who makes him ashamed of his country manners & coarse hands A blacksmith&s apprentice could never hope to win Estella but then young Pip&s future might not turn out quite as expected

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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 ...

'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 ...

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 ...