On Christmas Eve a 7-year old orphan known as Pip' visits his family's graves in a Kent churchyard. It is early evening and fog is drifting in from the nearby marshes. Suddenly a terrifying escaped convict, with shackles still on his leg, seizes him. He threatens to kill Pip if he does not return with food and a file early the next morning. Pip runs in terror back to the forge that he lives in with Mrs. Joe (his strict sister) and her simple, kind-hearted husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery. That evening Pip manages to smuggle some of his supper away from the table and, together with some othe...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Synopsis Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is the classic story of "rags to riches- seen from the eyes of a young boy, Pip. Despite his abusive upbringing he manages to be a kind boy that leads him to a life of fortune, mystery, and heartbreak. He lives with his torturous sister and her kindly...

• Word Count: 680
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School