"Great Expectations" is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life (and attempting to become a gentleman along the way).
"Great Expectations" was widely popular and was riddled with many of the themes that fascinated Charles Dickens throughout his literary career. He was drawn especially to social justice and to commenting on the inequalities inherent to Victorian society. While England was growing rich and powerful in the era of colonialism and the Industrial Revolution, Dickens saw the injustice that ran rampant among the working and lower classes. He sought to document Britain's underbelly and to explore the fight for survival in a time of such wealth.