"Great Expectations" is the classic novel by Charles Dickens that traces the life of an orphan named Pip.
When Pip.
A wealthy spinster, Miss Havisham, encourages a friendship between Pip and her adopted daughter Estella.
Pip lives with his abusive older sister, and her husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith, whom Pip works for as an apprentice.
The novel begins on Christmas Eve 1812 where we find a seven year old Pip as he encounters an escaped convict in the cemetery where Pip\'s family is buried. "Great Expectations" is the classic novel by Charles Dickens that traces the life of an orphan named Pip