This is the full text of the English novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; this classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has "great expectations" of a future inheritance from an anonymous benefactor.

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british literature, charles dickens

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"great expectations" by charles dickens, classic reader

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)