Great Expectations

Dec 27, 2024 8:01 AM

Author:Charles Dickens,Roddy Doyle

Great Expectations

Great Expectations is one of the best-loved stories of all time, reissued in Puffin Classics, bringing classic literature to each new generation.

As a small boy at Joe Gargery's forge, Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life - an escaped convict he is forced to help, and the eccentric Miss Haversham, whose beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella young Pip adores. But when a secret benefactor pays for him to go to London to become a gentleman, Pip never dreams he will meet the dreadful Magwitch again, nor just how wrong his expectations are.

Lightly abridged for Puffin Classics.

Also abridged for Puffin Classics:

A Tale of Two Cities

David Copperfield

Reviews

The Puffin Classics series is a perfect marriage of the old and the new. Enjoy some of the best books from the past and find out why and how they inspired some of the best writers of the present

—— Julia Eccleshare , Lovereading4kids

Crossfire is searing, political and furious.

—— Juno Dawson

This tense tale is . . . rich in moral and social issues

—— Sunday Times Ireland

Ingeniously flips the race issue . . . with myriad tiny details that constantly illuminate the grinding effect of blind prejudice

—— Financial Times

It chillingly echoes the tempestuous taste of the world today while offering the intensity of a thriller

—— i newspaper

The fast-paced drama will resonate with internet-era teens - and there's more to come

—— Daily Mail

Blackman is great at explosive love-hate relationships . . . [and] also has a talent for producing relatable characters, gutsy dialogue and page-turning action. Crossfire is a cracking story that fans of the series will love.

—— Guardian

[Malorie Blackman] is a supremely suspenseful writer . . . [a] nail-biting drama

—— Daily Telegraph

Rich in moral and social issues, it is devastating about racial attitudes

—— The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

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