Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

Orphan Pip, mistreated by his guardian sister, has a terrifying meeting with an escaped convict. Soon afterwards he is invited to play at the gloomy house of unhappy Miss Havisham, where he is humiliated by her beautiful ward, Estella. Covering issues of class, family and belonging, this is a story that will resonate just a strongly with today's readers as it did in its Victorian context.9+