Great Expectations: Context
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is the story of Phillip Pirrip, better known as Pip, a poor orphan boy who wishes to be a gentleman. Set at the beginning of the 19th century, it opens with a dramatic encounter involving a convict. Pip becomes ashamed of his humble beginnings, and when he learns that he is to be sponsored by an anonymous benefactor who wishes him to be educated as a gentleman, it appears as if all of Pip's dreams have come true. However, these dreams are shattered when it is revealed that his sponsor is Magwitch, the convict who he helped at the start of the novel. Pip learns the importance of humanity through the story by learning the value of good friendships and realising that he should not try to be someone that he is not.
| Author: | Nicola Greener | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Victoria Sandison | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-115-5 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-615-0 |
Chapters
- Background
- Plot Overview - Parts One and Two
- Plot Overview - Part Three
- Genre
- Setting
- Adaptations
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
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- Social and historical influences
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