Great Expectations
- Author Charles Dickens
- Narrator Martin Jarvis
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 3 October 2017
- Run Time 17 hours and 28 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age.
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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.
Critics Review
“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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