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Great Expectations

Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

59 chapters and parts · about 15 hours to read

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What the book is about

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published serially from 1860 to 1861. The story follows Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her blacksmith husband on England's coastal marshes. After a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and strange visits to the bitter Miss Havisham and her cold adopted daughter Estella, Pip's life transforms when he mysteriously receives a fortune from an unknown benefactor. This bildungsroman explores wealth and poverty, love and rejection, through vivid characters and dramatic scenes that have captivated readers for generations.

This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.

  • Benefactors
  • Bildungsromans
  • England
  • Ex-convicts
  • Man-woman relationships

Chapters

  1. Chapter Iabout 9 minutes
  2. Chapter IIabout 17 minutes
  3. Chapter IIIabout 10 minutes
  4. Chapter IVabout 17 minutes
  5. Chapter Vabout 21 minutes
  6. Chapter VIabout 4 minutes
  7. Chapter VIIabout 20 minutes
  8. Chapter VIIIabout 24 minutes
  9. Chapter IXabout 13 minutes
  10. Chapter Xabout 12 minutes
  11. Chapter XIabout 26 minutes
  12. Chapter XIIabout 11 minutes
  13. Chapter XIIIabout 14 minutes
  14. Chapter XIVabout 4 minutes
  15. Chapter XVabout 21 minutes
  16. Chapter XVIabout 10 minutes
  17. Chapter XVIIabout 17 minutes
  18. Chapter XVIIIabout 25 minutes
  19. Chapter XIXabout 28 minutes
  20. Chapter XXabout 16 minutes
  21. Chapter XXIabout 9 minutes
  22. Chapter XXIIabout 24 minutes
  23. Chapter XXIIIabout 16 minutes
  24. Chapter XXIVabout 11 minutes
  25. Chapter XXVabout 15 minutes
  26. Chapter XXVIabout 14 minutes
  27. Chapter XXVIIabout 15 minutes
  28. Chapter XXVIIIabout 12 minutes
  29. Chapter XXIXabout 24 minutes
  30. Chapter XXXabout 17 minutes
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  1. Chapter XXXIabout 11 minutes
  2. Chapter XXXIIabout 11 minutes
  3. Chapter XXXIIIabout 13 minutes
  4. Chapter XXXIVabout 12 minutes
  5. Chapter XXXVabout 15 minutes
  6. Chapter XXXVIabout 13 minutes
  7. Chapter XXXVIIabout 14 minutes
  8. Chapter XXXVIIIabout 24 minutes
  9. Chapter XXXIXabout 24 minutes
  10. Chapter XLabout 26 minutes
  11. Chapter XLIabout 11 minutes
  12. Chapter XLIIabout 15 minutes
  13. Chapter XLIIIabout 10 minutes
  14. Chapter XLIVabout 14 minutes
  15. Chapter XLVabout 15 minutes
  16. Chapter XLVIabout 15 minutes
  17. Chapter XLVIIabout 13 minutes
  18. Chapter XLVIIIabout 13 minutes
  19. Chapter XLIXabout 18 minutes
  20. Chapter Labout 8 minutes
  21. Chapter LIabout 15 minutes
  22. Chapter LIIabout 10 minutes
  23. Chapter LIIIabout 26 minutes
  24. Chapter LIVabout 28 minutes
  25. Chapter LVabout 14 minutes
  26. Chapter LVIabout 11 minutes
  27. Chapter LVIIabout 24 minutes
  28. Chapter LVIIIabout 15 minutes
  29. Chapter LIXabout 7 minutes

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #1400, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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