- I'm gonna write this review in English because it doesn't make any sense to talk about it in another language if we read it for the English class.


GREAT EXPECTATIONS, written by Charles Dickens in 1861.

- ATTENTION! If you haven't read the book stop here! I'm gonna talk about the ending of the book!-

Pip is a young boy who lives with his sister, Mrs Joe and his brother-in-law, Joe, who is his only friend. One day, Pip gives food to a convict who has escaped from a Hulk, but he does it because he is afraid of him. The day after, the police catches this convict fighting with another. Two years later, Mr Plumbchook tells Pip he must go to Miss Havisham's, where he meets Estella and falls in love with her. Estella is always rude and cold-hearted. Pip keeps going to visit Miss Havisham. Lots of years later, when he's no longer going to visit her and has become a blacksmith, he receives the strange but welcome visit of Mr Jaggers, a lawyer who tells him he has great expectations: an unknown benefactor (Pip is sure that it's Miss Havisham) is paying so that Pip can become a gentelman. Pip moves to London and forgets everybody from his past life - except Estella and Miss Havisham, of course!-

I liked this book a lot, even though I think it was too short. I mean, you can't discover who Estella's parents are for the reasons they give. I'm sure in the real book it was better explained.
I have to admit, that I ended up hating Pip. What does he think he does? I mean, he's such an hypocrital kid. If you get money from Miss Havisham, then great. If you get money from an ex-convict you don't want it anymore and hate him? Oh Come on!
And it's stupid from him to forget Joe and Biddy. He couldn't help saying I must visit Joe more often. One thing is say, the other is do, Pip old Chap!
Also, I think that it would be better if we knew more about Estella's history. I mean, it's almost said nothing! It's just known that she is so cold-hearted and rude because of Miss Havisham, but how does she become softer?
And also,I didn't like the ending of the book. Pip doesn't deserve to get everything he wanted. Now he is a gentelman and ends up with Estella? Come on! I prefer the true ending...Don't you?
And to end my critic, I must say that I actually enjoyed Miss Havisham - with her fun excentricities- and Herbert - the only sensible person in the whole book-

Even though for my review it doesn't seem so, I'm actually glad I had to read this book, and as I wanted to do before, I'll read a Tale of two cities (but full version!) let's see if it's as entertaining as this one!-

My mark would be a 9/10 (but thinking about a full version with everything better explained)