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Penguin Student Editions are complete unabridged texts of Penguin Classics, Modern Classics and some more recent titles, packaged with reading help for the student in the form of: - accessible yet authoritative introductions - glossary of cultural references and unfamiliar words - stimulating activities and discussion points, including activities needed to prepare for essays and examinations - chapter-by-chapter summaries - plot and character outlines - chronology of the historical events of the time - overview of the ways famous critics have read the books A student-friendly approach to literature - the way students want to read. When the orphan Pip unexpectedly comes into a fortune he is eager to forget his humble background. As Pip becomes a gentleman, his past returns to haunt him in the form of his mysterious benefactor. Alongside Pip, the novel contains some of Dickens’s most memorable characters: the jilted bride, Miss Havisham, her cold, beautiful niece, Estella and the terrifying convict, Magwitch.