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‘Great Expectations’ follows the childhood and young adult years of Pip, a blacksmith's apprentice. He suddenly comes into a large fortune (his great expectations) from a mysterious benefactor and moves to London where he enters high society. He thinks he knows where the money has come from, but he turns out to be sadly mistaken. The story also follows Pip's dealings with Estella, a young woman he adores but who cannot return his love.
In ‘Great Expectations’ Charles Dickens explores many universal ideas. Although there are many concepts addressed in the novel, the author focuses on three major themes: social class and ambition, guilt and redemption, and uncertainty and deceit. Each theme consists of a pairing that interrelates. Pip's uncertainty over his origins or identity and his guilt about his ambition reflects Dickens's own suspicion of social classes and the true meaning of being a gentleman or a person of true worth.
