TY - SOUND AU - Dickens,Charles AU - Laurie,Hugh TI - Great expectations T2 - Penguin classic Audiobooks SN - 9780141804484 U1 - 823.8 22 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Penguin Audiobooks KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - England KW - Fiction KW - BUEsh KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Social life and customs|y KW - 19th century N1 - read by Hugh Laurie N2 - A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; and, the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens' haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations' ER -