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Great Expectations is Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel. It is his second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. Great Expectations is a bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel, and it is a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. The novel was first published in serial form in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860...

Uncle Dan is back, and with him is the beautiful Tempest St. Cloud with a promise of unlimited funding--but Carter's cousin Isabelle is suspicious, and when a demonstration excursion into Great expectations results in zombies and murderers Carter does not know what to think.

The adventures of an orphaned young man in Victorian England who is given a great deal of money by an unknown benefactor to enable him to live as a gentleman, pursuing a good education and fulfilling great expectations.

Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns a man of modest background who falls in love with a rich girl. But when a mysterious benefactor greenlights the man to make his dreams come true, everything done has the ultimate goal of making Estella fall in love with him.

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.

Presents a cartoon version of Dickens's story of a poor orphan boy educated as a gentleman in Victorian England, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.

Three beautifully made films (two directed by David Lean) boasting between them a host of fine actors including Sir Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Valerie Hobson, John Mills and Jean Simmons. Noteable extras include: Making-of documentaries, theatrical trailers, biographies & stills galleries. Great Expectations David Lean's handsome adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel captures the warm humour and richness of character that so many film-makers...

Nothing is quite as it seems in this lush retelling of Dickens' classic coming-of-age story with colorful characters: conspirators, rogues, rakes, and wretches.

"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take...