Young Pip lives with his sister & her husband the blacksmith with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London Pip is haunted by figures from his past
- the escaped convict Magwitch the time-withered Miss Havisham & her proud & beautiful ward Estella
- & in time uncovers not just the origins of his great expectations but the mystery of his own heart Charles Dicken's classic novel Great Expectations explores memories of the past & their grip on the present whilst raising disturbing questions about the extent to which individuals affect each other's lives