Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published serially from 1860 to 1861. The story follows Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her blacksmith husband on England's coastal marshes. After a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and strange visits to the bitter Miss Havisham and her cold adopted daughter Estella, Pip's life transforms when he mysteriously receives a fortune from an unknown benefactor. This bildungsroman explores wealth and poverty, love and rejection, through vivid characters and dramatic scenes that have captivated readers for generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Cast
Pip
An orphan whose dreams of gentility expose his vanity and tenderness.
Estella
Miss Havisham's adopted daughter, trained to wound before she can trust.
Magwitch
A transported convict whose gratitude secretly transforms Pip's life.