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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ~ ...

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens audiobook. Genre: drama This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has 'great expectations' of a future inheritance from an anonymous benefactor. He soon learns to live the profligate life of a gentlema ... Show More
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