Young Pip is shocked when he meets an escaped convict in a lonely churchyard. Its a terrifying experience that changes his life forever. Helped by a mysterious benefactor, the orphan boy grows up to become a wealthy gentleman. yet memories of that day in the churchyard return to haunt him. The story of Pips life and loves, set against the violent nineteenth century underworld, introduces some of Charles Dickens most famous characters. the convict Magwitch, the tragic Miss Haversham, the kind