《远大前程》简介英文版

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Pip,

a

young

orphan

lives

a

humble

existence

with

his

ill- tempered

older

sister

and

her

strong

but

gentle

husband,

Joe

a

Christmas

Eve,Pip

helps

a

convict

who

escaped

from

a

prison

ship

by

giving

him

some

food

and

a day,Pip

gets

invited

unexpectedly

to

the

house

of

a

rich

old

woman

in

the

village

named

Miss

Havisham

is an old woman who was abandoned on her wedding day , so she raise her adoped

daughter

Estella

as

a

cruel-hearted

girl

who

will

break

men's is

beautiful,

and

Pip develops a strong crush on her,

but she treats him coldly

and that time

on,

Pip

aspires

to

leave

behind

his

simple

life

and

be

a one

day

Pip

is

given

a

large

fortune

from

a

secret

benefactor

and

get

a

chance

of

education

to

become

a many

years

Pip

has

led

a

fairly

undisciplined

life

in

London,

enjoying

themselves

and

running up debts,and finally becomes a selfish and peacockery lasts until one

day,Pip learns the true identity of his benefactor

——

it is not Miss Havisham

(who

has

made

many

misleading

comments

indicating

it

was

her)

but

rather

a

petty

criminal named

Magwitch

who is the convict Pip helped in his is he that left

all his money to Pip in gratitude for that kindness and also because young Pip

reminded

him

of

his

own is

appalled,

but

he

feels

morally

bound

to

help

Magwitch

escape London, as the convict is pursued both by the police and by his former

partner in Magwitch’s escape attempt, Estella marries an upper

-class lout.

Also,they

are

discovered

by

the

police

and

captured

to

the

jail,

because

of

their

convict partner's tipping by now is devoted to Magwitch and recognizes in him

a good and noble man and Pip has discovered that Magwitch is actually Estella's

money

or

expectations,

Pip,

after

a

period

of

bad

illness

during

which

Joe

cares

for decides to go abroad in the mercantile trade. Returning many years later,

he encounters divorced Estella in the ruined garden at Satis House. Pip finds

that Estella’s coldness and cruelty have been replaced by a sad kindness, and

the two leave the garden hand in hand, Pip believing that they will never part

again.

Plot summary: Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

Philip Pirrip, who is known as Pip because, not surprisingly, he finds it

difficult to pronounce his name, has a terrifying childhood experience in a