Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that begins to hope for something better. When it is revealed that Pip has inherited a large sum of money from a mysterious benefactor on the condition that he moves to London to become a gentleman, Pip's adventure really begins. Epic, illuminating and memorable, Dickens' mysterious tale of Pip's wuest to find the truth about himself is one of his most enduring and popular novels to date.