Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of the book described as Dickens' "most perfect" novel.
My story is a long one with many strange events and dark turns. But time is short. I will be brief. In this slim volume I concentrate on five people. A dangerous criminal. An honest blacksmith. An abandoned bride. A girl who glittered like a distant star. And myself. Philip Pirrip, known as Pip, whose life was twisted and bent out of shape by all of them.
Orphaned as baby, Pip is raised by his sister to live the simple life of a blacksmith's boy. But a chance encounter in a graveyard and a visit to a ruined mansion set him on a different path. When a secret benefactor pays for him to become a gentleman, Pip's life takes a greatly unexpected turn …
| ISBN: | 9781800901759 |
| Publication date: | 12th September 2024 |
| Author: | Tanya Landman |
| Publisher: | Barrington Stoke |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 131 pages |
| Reading age: | 11+ |
| Series: | Classic Retellings |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of the book described as Dickens' "most perfect" novel. My story is a long one with many strange events and dark turns.
Great Expectations - A Retelling is aimed at readers aged 11 and over.
Great Expectations - A Retelling features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Great Expectations - A Retelling was written by Tanya Landman and published by Barrington Stoke
Great Expectations - A Retelling has 131 pages
Yes it is part of Classic Retellings series
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
