"Great Expectations is among the most masterful of Charles Dickens's novels. Displaying extraordinary tragicomic range, Dickens blends an atmosphere of brooding violence and guilt with sharp and often disturbing humor to create a drama charged with the thrilling intensity of a detective story and the poignancy of a spiritual autobiography. Much of the novel's power comes from Dickens's unequaled skill at making even the most wildly eccentric of characters...

In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.

A modern day version of the Dickens' classic finds an aspiring artist (Hawke) reunited with his love (Paltrow). When she agrees to model for him, his dearest hopes may be realized, along with his darkest fears.

Violence and Victorian gentility meet in one of Dickens' greatest creations. Pip's epic journey from boy to man has at its center his relationships with the terrifying convict Magwitch, manipulative Miss Havisham and the beautiful but heartless Estella. Tony Marchant's adaptation is dark, sometimes savagely comic and wholly unsentimental.

On February 7, 2013, Charles Dickens' birthday, his most popular novel, Great Expectations, finally had its West End Première as the culmination of the bicentenary celebrations.Jo Clifford's stunning adaptation was universally acclaimed as a triumph on its UK tour prior to the West End début – 'its two one hour acts honour both playful demands of living theatre and the themes of the book.' The Times.Graham McLaren's outstanding, haunting, utterly...

A manga adaptation of the classic literary novel by Charles Dickens, a rags-to-riches tale of Pip, a young orphan and the transformation he endures through the circumstances of his life.

What to expect when you're reading "Great Expectations" may sound like a sequel to the American pregnancy bible "What to Expect When You're Expecting" (1984), but for new readers whose familiarity with the novel might start and end with that one terribly received "South Park" (1997-) episode centered around it, it is intriguing to learn whether Dickens manages to eventually meet the eponymous expectations or crush them in a stroke of social commentary. Speaking...

There could only ever be three reasons as to why you find yourself reading this text. 1: You finished and liked part 1 and want to continue the story. 2: The hummus on your finger brought your here by accident or 3: You're one of those... special readers who, three chapters into part 1, just NEED to know how the story ends - right now! Regardless, you shan't be spoiled today. Pip, now 23, beset by ill fortune and spectres of the past, continues his...