Great Expectations [electronic resource]
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18702012
eAudioBook
Find it!
When orphan Pip meets the escaped convict Magwitch in an overgrown churchyard on the Kent marshes, little does he know that the incident will change his life forever. Some years later, now apprenticed to his blacksmith brother-in-law, Pip falls in love with the beautiful Estella. Her half-crazed and bitter guardian Miss Havisham, however, exerts a malign influence over the girl and forces a wedge between the two. Pip abandons his roots and, with 'great expectations' of becoming a gentleman, heads for London society. There he begins to receive riches from a mysterious benefactor... Pip's quest to find his true identity, and his growth to maturity through misfortune and misery, form the basis of this atmospheric tale starring Douglas Hodge, Geraldine McEwan and Amanda Redman. Directed by Sally Avens.
Main title:
Great Expectations [electronic resource] / Charles Dickens
Author:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, AuthorHodge, Douglas, NarratorCast, Full, NarratorMcEwan, Geraldine, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Audio, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 9-12
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented popularity, and by the twentieth century he was widely seen as a literary genius by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.
ISBN:
9781445879604
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2761448
More Information: