Great Expectations (Great Illustrated Classics)

by Charles Dickens

Other authors: Brendan Lynch (Illustrator)

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The orphaned Pip is serving as a blackmith's apprentice when an unknown benefactor supplies the means for him to be educated in London as a gentleman of "great expectations."

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To Be a Gentleman! Young Pip, an orphan boy, apprenticed to the village blacksmith, yearns to be a gentleman. Suddenly a mysterious person wills him a fortune and he leaves his village to be educated as a rich gentleman. Pip longs to marry Estella, beautiful ward of the eccentric Miss Havisham. But Pip's new life is shattered by the re-appearance of Magwitch, a convict who once forced him to steal. Will Magwitch's demands spell the end of Pip's 'great expectations'. . . .?

PlumfieldCH | Nov 4, 2023 |

Summary: Young Pip, an orphan boy, apprenticed to the village blacksmith, yearns to be a gentleman.Suddenly a mysterious person wills him a fortune and he leaves his village to be educated as a rich gentleman.The reappearance of a convict who once forced him to steal shatters his new life.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Charles Dickens	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Lynch, Brendan	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Great Illustrated Classics are abridged versions for young readers. Please do not combine with the major work. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Il.... Please do not confuse them with the Illustrated Classics graphic novel adaptations, which are quite different. Thank you.

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