Great Expectations, Part I

Traces the main narrative threads which make up Dicken's novel. Depicts young Pip's introduction to Miss Havisham and Estella his later introduction to luxurious living in London, his friendship with Joe Gargery, and the reunion of Miss Havisham, Pip, and Estella with its foreshadowing of the tragedy to come. Discussion is by Clifton Fadiman with dramatic excerpts by members of England's Old Vic Company.

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