Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories for every child Discover our
abridged Puffin Classic edition of Great Expectations designed for readers aged 9-12 years.
As a small boy at Joe Gargery's forge Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life - an
escaped convict he is forced to help and the eccentric Miss Haversham whose beautiful
cold-hearted ward Estella young Pip adores. But when a secret benefactor pays for him to go to
London to become a gentleman Pip never dreams he will meet the dreadful Magwitch again nor
just how wrong his expectations are. . . This is an abridged edition of the classic novel
designed for younger readers.
