Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
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Great Expectations

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Unabridged: 17 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/03/2017

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.

About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was one of the most prolific and popular writers of his time. He wrote 19 novels, 5 novellas, and hundreds of short stories and pieces of non-fiction. His work spanned many genres, from social commentary to lighthearted comedies. Dickens is perhaps best known for his novel Oliver Twist, which was adapted into a popular film in 1968.

About Martin Jarvis

Martin Jarvis has starred in many West End productions and on Broadway in By Jeeves. His screen appearances include Titanic, Murder She Wrote, Miss Marple, Numb3rs, Inspector Morse, and Stargate Atlantis. He is an award-winning audiobook performer and has received an OBE from the Queen for his services to drama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on June 29, 2022

welcome to...GREAT EXPECTA(JUNE)S. that was so bad. i need to write fast - i'm expecting a SWAT team to enter my cute apartment via my lovely floor-to-ceiling windows and put me out of my misery at any moment. you can't murder the art of punning like that and expect to escape with your life. in the m......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 14, 2008

My students (and some of my friends) can't ever figure out why I love this novel so much. I explain how the characters are thoroughly original and yet timeless, how the symbolism is rich and tasty, and how the narrative itself is juicy and chock-full of complexity, but they just shake their heads at......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on December 26, 2017

"Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day." That is such a quote. If there was ever a novel that shows us the dangers of false perceptions......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on January 31, 2023

Not as good as Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist, a tiny bit better than A tale of two cities, but to its core just Oliver Twist 2.0 with a first person narrator, and a perfect reason for why nobody likes serialized short stories condensed to weak novels. I mentioned some of the weaknesses of Dickens......more

Quotes

“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.” AudioFile

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