A "giant" of English fiction, Charles Dickens, read here by the "king of spoken word" Martin Jarvis. This ever-popular story combines mystery, unrequited love, suspense and comedy with Dickens' own bitter-sweet memories of his impoverished childhood. In Dickens' 1861 classic, Pip falls in love with Estella and is financed to become a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor. Memorable characters abound, from the bitter, abandoned Miss Havisham, to the big-hearted convict Abel Magwitch.