The Great Expectations

The story of Great Expectations centres on Pip an orphan with the moniker. The 19th-century work follows Pip's psychological development in three stages: his early years in the marshes of Kent his move from the country to the city of London and eventually his reluctance to reconcile with the vanity of false promises and values. The cast also features the wealthy eccentric spinster Miss Havisham the cold yet ethereal Estella the kind-hearted Blacksmith Joe the pale young gentleman Herbert Pocket and others. The work is all of one piece and continuously true according to George Bernard Shaw .