'Hold your noisel' cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. 'Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat!' Great Expectations opens with a terrifying encounter on the desolate Kent marches and goes on to trace its consequences for Pip, a callow boy with grandiose aspirations to be a gentleman.

Acclaimed by many as Dickens's greatest novel, it features celebrated characters such as lovable Joe Gargery, sinister convict Magwitch, reclusive Miss Haversham and her cold-hearted ward Estella as it follows Pip on his journey of discovery of the real meaning of loyalty and friendship.

Published for the first time complete and unabridged in flipback classics.