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Great Expectations
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Narrator
- Martin Jarvis
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Publish Date
- 3 October 2017
- Run Time
- 17 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Great Expectations, recognized as Charles Dickens’ finest novel, is told by Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her husband, the village blacksmith.
The young boy’s life is changed forever when he meets and aids an escaped convict who wanders into his yard. Years later, Pip is sent to live with the decaying, bitter Miss Havisham and falls in love with her ward, the elegant and elusive Estella.
A young man of modest means, Pip nevertheless aims to become a gentleman in order to win Estella’s heart. An endowment from an anonymous benefactor suddenly places his intentions within reach. But capricious fate will lead him through further adversity and unexpected revelations in the pursuit of his dreams.
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“Great Expectations is often considered Dickens’ greatest novel, and there can be no better way to revisit it—or experience it for the first time—than through the narration of Martin Jarvis…He is a one-man full-cast recording, handling men, women, Londoners, country people, and all classes of humanity with remarkable versatility.”
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Details
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Narrator
- Martin Jarvis
- Duration
- 17 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 October 2017
- ISBN
- 9781538482988
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age
Synopsis
Great Expectations, recognized as Charles Dickens’ finest novel, is told by Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her husband, the village blacksmith.The young boy’s life is changed forever when he meets and aids an escaped convict who wanders into his yard. Years later, Pip is sent to live with the decaying, bitter Miss Havisham and falls in love with her ward, the elegant and elusive Estella.A young man of modest means, Pip nevertheless aims to become a gentleman in order to win Estella’s heart. An endowment from an anonymous benefactor suddenly places his intentions within reach. But capricious fate will lead him through further adversity and unexpected revelations in the pursuit of his dreams.
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