Pip, a young orphan living in the care of his older sister and her kind husband, is called upon in his youth under strange circumstances by the mysterious Miss Havisham to entertain her. After carrying out an apprenticeship under his blacksmith brother-in-law, Pip is sent to London to get a proper education. There he learns he is to receive financial support from an unexpected benefactor…Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a timeline of technological progress in Dickens’s lifetime and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.