Great Expectations

by Florence Bell (adapted by), Charles Dickens

A retelling for students of English of one of Dickens's best-known novels, this is an upper intermediate-level Macmillan Reader. One bleak and windy evening, 8-year-old Pip meets an escaped convict on the marshes. Shortly afterwards, he is summoned to Satis House, the derelict, gloomy home of the strange, reclusive Miss Havisham. Here, Pip meets and falls in love with the beautiful, cold-hearted Estella, but can they ever be together

Genres: Classics

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

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Reviews

[May · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Charles Dickens's work, so I was disappointed with this one. I'll have to read the original novel to decide whether I like Great Expectations or not.

[Lucía · Rating 2 out of 5]

I. hate. adaptations.
Besides that, the story by Dickens is interesting, so I'll have to read the original; I only read this for school.

[Jesús López López · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the story, and how the characters are related to each other. I couldnt stand Pip`s behaviour "I wasnt responsible of the decition i had made". And I didnt know how/why Estella changed at the end.
This story taught me, as "Far from the madding crowd" did: That If you love a girl who is married, you only have to wait for her husband`s death, then you can marry her.

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

We have lots of expectation in our life, not everything could be expected. There's always the mixture of everything in the liveliness, or we could be bored, perhaps. Be grateful in everything we had, and love life, appreciating everything.

[Marga Llobera · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lo único que estuvo bien fue el final, la mayor parte del libro es muy aburrido.