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Great expectations / Charles Dickens ; read by Hugh Laurie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundSeries: Penguin classic AudiobooksPublisher: London : Penguin Audiobooks, 2003Copyright date: c1994Description: 3 audio discs (approximately 3 hour) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9780141804484
  • 0141804483
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.8 DIC 22
read by Hugh LaurieSummary: A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; and, the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens' haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
CD | DVD - (NB) CD | DVD - (NB) Central Library Second Floor Baccah 823.8 DIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3 Audio CDs 000050079
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read by Hugh Laurie

A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; and, the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens' haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'.

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