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I listened again and i loved it even much more. It is one of my all time favorite books and so very wonderfully read by Mr Mark Smith. Brilliant reading. I loved every minute of it. Not a single false note. I will be listening to it yet again Reviewer: Gary Oak - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 14, Subject: One of the best You honestly cannot expect a better quality audiobook. The way the reader changes Pip's voice as he grows older is remarkable.

Reviewer: amycsj - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 5, Subject: Excellent. A classic and it is very well read by Mark Smith. Reviewer: grunge - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 21, Subject: love Great Expectations I am a self employed cleaner who works very strange hours.

I listen to a lot of libravox recordings and Great Expectations is one of my favorites. The charactors in this recording come to life and in the lonely wee small hours of mopping and vacuuming help me work happily and productively. This Publisher: LibriVox.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens. Mil Nicholson. Running Time. The Card by Arnold Bennett. Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon - his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic - with Dynasty , a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.

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By: Winston Groom. Considered by many to be Charles Dickens's finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, the orphan Philip Pirrip Pip , from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens's most memorable characters.

Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted roommate Herbert Pocket, and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own "great expectations" in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him toward maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself.

Simon Vance does a wonderful job with this narration. His voice and delivery seem ideal for brining Dickens' story to life. I especially enjoyed the character development and the descriptions of London. This is a "must-listen" classic. This was a book I was supposed to read 45 years ago as a freshman in high school. Back then I read very little of it. Forty-five years later and it was worth waiting for. I honestly believe this book is beyond the comprehension of an average ninth grader.

It should have been reserved for upperclassmen. The story and characters were absolutely fascinating. I didn't want the book to end after nearly 18 hours. Yes, there were minute pockets of indecipherable babbling one very near the end of the book when Pumblechook got to rambling. But the story was otherwise pretty easy to follow and kept me interested. Who knows what's next? Maybe A Tale of Two Cities?

Simon Vance does an OK job overall reading this great novel, but why don't the audiobook producers edit out glaring misreadings and mispronunciations? In the case of this reading, within the first few minutes, Vance ruins the mood with unintentional humor by having the menacing convict snarl at Pip, " Hold your NOSE! Did the producers never read Dickens's novel? Did they not care about Vance's gaffe or hope the listeners would not notice?

Cannot modern sound recordings be edited? Did the publishers release the audiobook without first listening to it? It is always a bit disconcerting to be slapped in the face by the fact that actors interpreting works of genius or even just characters who are supposed to be well-educated really don't understand the words they are speaking.

It was like watching a movie. Dickens masterful writing is a masterpiece. This is probably Dickens's greatest work -- devoid of the cloying sentimentality that gums up so many of his other novels.

The many characters are individuated and the multiple plots, so skillfully intertwined, keep you listening until they resolve. There is not a false note in this book.

The story begins with the terrifying encounter between Pip, a frightened orphan boy, and Magwich, a desperate escaped convict. Without Pip realizing it, Magwich becomes the mechanism, by which Pip may be able to realize his dreams of escaping his lowly marshland village and becoming a gentleman. As we watch Pip mature, we see his relationship with Magwich develop and our sympathies toward Magwich change as do those of Pip, The novel can be seen as a meditation on love -- something that Dickens was less than successful at in his real life.

In the end we see that those who love, even though they may be deeply hurt, are far luckier than those who cannot, like the beautiful Estella, the bitter Miss Havisham, and the secretive lawyer, Jaggers. As ever, Simon Vance brings this novel and its many characters to life. I wanted to find out what happened to the characters in this book, but I was sorry to have completed it. Listening to it was such a great source of pleasure. In this great classic of English literature, our boy Pip tells the tale of how he came to have "Great Expectations" from what appears to be a series of most unlikely circumstances.

One late afternoon on Christmas eve, as he is visiting the graves of his mother, father and five little brothers, a dangerous escaped convict appears on the scene and bullies our boy into promising he'll come back the next morning to bring 'wittles'—or food to eat—and a file so he can free himself of his leg irons, on the threat that if Pip doesn't do as he's told, an associate, much crueller than he will stalk him down and get at his heart and liver.

Scared out of his wits, Pip complies by stealing food from his sister "Mrs Joe"'s pantry. The convict is satisfied with the offerings and lets him go, though Pip is weighed down by a heavy conscience.

Not very long after in chapter seven, Pip is summoned to Miss Havisham's, a rich and eccentric old recluse, to play with her niece Estella who is close to Pip's age, a haughty girl, though very pretty. The old lady encourages her charge to become a heartbreaker and even as the girl mocks Pip, calling him "a common, labouring boy" and making fun of his lack of refinement and general appearance "He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!

And what coarse hands he has! And what thick boots! Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! The classic story of Pip the British orphan. Reviewer: Malkinstein - favorite favorite favorite - April 6, Subject: Question I'm confused as to whether it's PD or not I am in the U.

I read the story in 8th grade. The movie follows the story wonderfully and while nothing compares to the characters conjured in the imagination, created in the image of Dicken's descriptions, the movie is impressive with it's interpretations, well done.

Well written and directed brilliantly consider the times , it's popular in classic cinematography for a reason. Entertaining story with wit and charm, a mix of drama and mystery with it's dark side of life. Dicken's shows us people who find entertainment by dancing on the edge of insanity,, until they meet our hero who, as they change his life, he changes theirs.. Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham was my favorite, her whole existence from costume to script wove everyone together,, for the story was built around her even though Pip John Mills was the star.

Reviewer: faaus - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 26, Subject: A great version of the novel. Thanks for posting this excellent film. The atmospheric scenery and fine acting make the story come alive.

I struggled in middle school, as it was called then.