Great Expectations

by Mary Sebag-Montefiore (Adapter), Charles Dickens (Adaptor), Barry Ablett (Illustrator)

This fabulous new series is for fully confident readers and helps build up stamina for reading standard-length books. It contains advanced sentence structure and vocabulary with challenging plots and subplots.

63 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2007

About the author

Mary Sebag-Montefiore is an author of children's books and often adapts adult classics for children. She has rewritten everything from David Copperfield, Wuthering Heights and War and Peace. She is associated with Usborne.

Reviews

[Frieda]

When I read these adaptations with my grandchildren, I hope they will make me want to read or reread the original. This book met that great expectation. (See what I did there?) I’ve added Dickens to my reading list.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars


This is my first introduction to this classic by Charles Dickens. I have to say, it was very good. I had no idea what the story was about but I can see why it's a classic. The Young readers series 3 is one I would highly recommend to people who wanted to get the basics of such classics but find the actual copy, rather hard to grasp. There is enough detail in the story and would border on as chapter book more so than a standard picture book So glad I got a copy of this.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was good because Pip grew into a man and then there was Estella, she had an ice-cold heart but then it warmed back up again. And then she married Pip. I learned that sometimes it's not wise to be rich because then you get too much luxury and get greedy and selfish and stuff like that.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Reason for the low Rating is because Although the Artwork is Fabulous, The Story in this version of the Charles Dickens classic is in the Wrong Order.