description: [This is the MP3CD audiobook format.]An Oprah's Book Club 2010 Selection!Read by Frederick DavidsonOne of the most revered works in English literature, Great Expectations traces the coming-of-age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity. From the chilling opening confrontation with an escaped convict in a graveyard to the grand but eerily disheveled estate of bitter old Miss Havisham, all is not what it seems in Dickens's dark tale of false illusions and thwarted desire. Raised by a humble blacksmith, Pip is recruited by the wealthy Miss Havisham to be a companion to her ward, the cold but beautiful Estella. There, Pip learns to despise his rough origins as Estella torments him about his low prospects. When Pip is informed that an unknown benefactor expects to make him his heir, he sets off to London to realize his ''great expectations.'' But true gentleman stature, he will find, is a matter of character, not fortune.
language: English
title: Great Expectations
titlecomplete: Great Expectations
characters: Abel Magwitch, Philip "Pip" Pirrip, Joseph "Joe" Gargery, Herbert Pocket, John Wemmick, Dolge Orlick, Jaggers, Miss Havisham, Estella, Compeyson
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, School, Novels, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 778298
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.