Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a Bildungsroman (a novel tracing the life of the protagonist) by Charles Dickens and first serialized in All the Year Round from December 1860 to August 1861. It tells the story of the orphan Pip (short for Philip Pirrip) and his "expectations", inheritance and plans for progression in his life and status. Great Expectations is divided into three volumes, each of which corresponds to one stage of the hero Pip's expectations.

Adaptations

See also: Great Expectations (film), Pip (South Park episode)

Related Topics:
Great Expectations (film) - Pip (South Park episode)

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Like many other Dickens novels, Great Expectations has been filmed several times:

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• 1917 - starring Jack Pickford
• 1946 - starring John Mills
• 1997 - starring Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow.