Great Expectations

""Tanya Landman brings us this wonderfully accessible and brilliantly realised version … Landman’s retelling captures all the spirit and atmosphere of the original in a way that is easy to read for youngsters."" – Lancashire Evening Post ""Barrington Stoke makes classics so much more accessible. Great Expectations, retold by the fantastic Tanya Landman, captures all the great characters of this essential Dickens."" – Scope for Imagination, blog ""The author really captures the important aspects of this much-loved and well-known classic with perfect settings and characterisation … The short snappy chapters are brilliant and this re-writing is just wonderful."" – Little Posts of Library Treasures, blog ""In this engaging retelling, Landman breathes new life into Pip’s journey, encapsulating the essence of Dickens’ original work while making it accessible to a modern audience … Landman’s prose is clear and engaging, making it easy for readers to connect with Pip’s struggles and triumphs … an excellent choice for those looking to explore classic literature in a format that is engaging and comprehensible."" — Wordy Witterings, blog ""This strange story of bitterness, revenge, snobbery and control, played out with moments of huge drama and a cast of deliciously, mostly awful, characters, is cleverly streamlined by Tanya Landman. We gallop enjoyably through the action, forever led-on by promises and fears and hope. This version is written with those with a reading age of 9+ in mind, yet is a full-blooded reading experience for fluent reading people into adulthood."" — An Awfully Big Blog Adventure, blog