Great Expectations (version 2)

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often painful experiences, to adulthood. It charts his progress as he moves from the Kent marshes - his social status radically changed having gained an unknown benefactor - to busy commercial London. The book is richly populated with a variety of extraordinary characters many of whom, unbeknownst to them, have lives that are inextricably linked to the others. It is all there, love, hate, passion, humour, rejection, duplicity, betrayal, a whole gamut of emotions and human strengths and weaknesses . This is one of Dickens most fascinating, and disturbing novels. (Summary by Peter Keeble)

Genre(s): General Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): Journey of childhood to adulthood (1), Discovering true self (1), determining personal sets of values in the complex world of early Victorian England (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - Chapter I Peter John Keeble
00:11:28
Play 02 02 - Chapter II Peter John Keeble
00:20:43
Play 03 03 - Chapter III Peter John Keeble
00:10:48
Play 04 04 - Chapter IV Peter John Keeble
00:20:46
Play 05 05 - Chapter V Peter John Keeble
00:22:58
Play 06 06 - Chapter VI Peter John Keeble
00:04:29
Play 07 07 - Chapter VII Peter John Keeble
00:23:09
Play 08 08 - Chapter VIII Peter John Keeble
00:28:36
Play 09 09 - Chapter IX Peter John Keeble
00:16:03
Play 10 10 - Chapter X Peter John Keeble
00:15:11
Play 11 11 - Chapter XI Peter John Keeble
00:30:06
Play 12 12 - Chapter XII Peter John Keeble
00:13:07
Play 13 13 - Chapter XIII Peter John Keeble
00:17:31
Play 14 14 - Chapter XIV Peter John Keeble
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Play 15 15 - Chapter XV Peter John Keeble
00:24:51
Play 16 16 - Chapter XVI Peter John Keeble
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Play 17 17 - Chapter XVII Peter John Keeble
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Play 18 18 - Chapter XVIII Peter John Keeble
00:29:48
Play 19 19 - Chapter XIX Peter John Keeble
00:32:54
Play 20 20 - Chapter XX Peter John Keeble
00:17:55
Play 21 21 - Chapter XXI Peter John Keeble
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Play 22 22 -Chapter XXII Peter John Keeble
00:28:14
Play 23 23 - Chapter XXIII Peter John Keeble
00:18:36
Play 24 24 - Chapter XXIV Peter John Keeble
00:12:45
Play 25 25 - Chapter XXV Peter John Keeble
00:16:12
Play 26 26 - Chapter XXVI Peter John Keeble
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Play 27 27 - Chapter XXVII Peter John Keeble
00:17:38
Play 28 28 - Chapter XXVIII Peter John Keeble
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Play 29 29 - Chapter XXIX Peter John Keeble
00:28:50
Play 30 30 - Chapter XXX Peter John Keeble
00:19:10
Play 31 31 - ChapterXXXI Peter John Keeble
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Play 32 32 - Chapter XXXII Peter John Keeble
00:13:00
Play 33 33 - Chapter XXXIII Peter John Keeble
00:15:40
Play 34 34 - Chapter XXXIV Peter John Keeble
00:13:53
Play 35 35 - Chapter XXXV Peter John Keeble
00:18:05
Play 36 36 - Chapter XXXVI Peter John Keeble
00:15:19
Play 37 37 - Chapter XXXVII Peter John Keeble
00:16:16
Play 38 38 - Chapter XXXVIII Peter John Keeble
00:29:17
Play 39 39 - Chapter XXXIX Peter John Keeble
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Play 40 40 - Chapter XL Peter John Keeble
00:28:54
Play 41 41 -Chapter XLI Peter John Keeble
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Play 42 42 - Chapter XLII Peter John Keeble
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Play 43 43 - Chapter XLIII Peter John Keeble
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Play 44 44 - Chapter XLIV Peter John Keeble
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Play 45 45 - Chapter XLV Peter John Keeble
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Play 46 46 - Chapter XLVI Peter John Keeble
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Play 47 47 - Chapter XLVII Peter John Keeble
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Play 48 48 - Chapter XLVIII Peter John Keeble
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Play 49 49 - Chapter XLIX Peter John Keeble
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Play 50 50 - Chapter L Peter John Keeble
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Play 51 51 - Chapter LI Peter John Keeble
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Play 52 52 - Chapter LII Peter John Keeble
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Play 53 53 - Chapter LIII Peter John Keeble
00:30:09
Play 54 54 - Chapter LIV Peter John Keeble
00:32:17
Play 55 55 - Chapter LV Peter John Keeble
00:16:03
Play 56 56 - Chapter LVI Peter John Keeble
00:12:37
Play 57 57 - Chapter LVII Peter John Keeble
00:27:02
Play 58 58 - Chapter LVIII Peter John Keeble
00:17:39
Play 59 59 - Chapter LIX Peter John Keeble
00:09:03