This classic charts the course of orphan Pip Pirrip's life. A terrifying encounter with escaped convict Abel Magwitch in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decrepit Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella at Satis House; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble station as a blacksmith?s apprentice, beginning a new life as a gentleman.