{"product_id":"9781800901759_great-expectations-a-retelling","title":"Great Expectations: A Retelling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of the book described as Dickens’ “most perfect” Victorian novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy story is a long one with many strange events and dark turns. But time is short. I will be brief. In this slim volume I concentrate on five people. A dangerous criminal. An honest blacksmith. An abandoned bride. A girl who glittered like a distant star. And myself. Philip Pirrip, known as Pip, whose life was twisted and bent out of shape by all of them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned as baby, Pip is raised by his sister to live the simple life of a blacksmith’s boy. But a chance encounter in a graveyard and a visit to a ruined mansion set him on a different path. When a secret benefactor pays for him to become a gentleman, Pip’s life takes a greatly unexpected turn …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParticularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905481953429,"sku":"9781800901759","price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781800901759.jpg?v=1776889866","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781800901759_great-expectations-a-retelling","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}