A giant of English fiction, Charles Dickens, read here by the king of spoken word Martin Jarvis. This ever-popular story combines mystery, unrequited love, suspense and comedy with Dickens' own bitter-sweet memories of his impoverished childhood.

In Dickens’ 1861 classic, Pip falls in love with Estella and is financed to become a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor. Memorable characters abound, from the bitter, abandoned Miss Havisham, to the big-hearted convict Abel Magwitch.