Great Expectations: GCSE 9-1 Set Text Student Edition

Great Expectations is a GCSE English Literature novel by Charles Dickens, first taught in September 2015 and with the next exam in June 2025. It follows the story of Pip, an orphan who is catapulted from the Kent marshes to become a young gentleman in London, and explores the horrors of the early nineteenth-century penal system and the rapid rise and fall of fortunes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 640 pages
Publication date: 14 January 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Great Expectations is a classic novel by Charles Dickens that is perfect for GCSE-level students. It includes the novel itself, an introduction providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms. The story follows the orphan Pip as he is catapulted from the desolate Kent marshes of his childhood to become a young gentleman in London. The novel explores the mystery of Pips mysterious benefactor and the role of escaped convict Magwitch, decaying bride Miss Havisham, and the beautiful but aloof Estella in his prospects. Dickens depicts both the horrors of the early nineteenth-century penal system and the rapid rise and fall of fortunes that Victorian society permitted. The novel is told through the first-person voice of the older Pip, and it suggests that gains always come at a price.

Weight: 348g
Dimension: 113 x 177 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008325909