Great Expectations cover art

Great Expectations

Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Try Premium Plus free

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $36.99

Buy Now for $36.99

About this listen

Audie Finalist for Best Fiction Narrator 2025
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner May 2025


The inimitable Stephen Fry reads this definitive edition of Dickens' most beloved novel, Great Expectations.

"My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip."

Great Expectations follows Pip's life from a plucky but poor and put-upon child in the Kent marshes, to a young man with "great expectations" in London and the choices he must make as a result of his winding journey. On the way, we meet some of Dickens' most memorable and unique characters - the mysterious and brutal Magwtich; eternally heartbroken Miss Havisham; and her cold-hearted child Estella.

In 2015, Great Expectations was placed 4th on the list of the 100 Greatest British Novels and has been beloved by readers and listeners since its original serialisation and publication in 1860-1.

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Notable acting roles include his award-winning performance in Wilde, his iconic projects with Hugh Laurie such as A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and Blackadder, and his memorable turns in blockbuster projects V for Vendetta, the Sherlock Holmes films and The Hobbit series.

As a proudly out gay man, the award-winning Out There, documenting the lives of lesbian, bisexual gay and transgender people around the world is part of his thirty-year advocacy of the rights of the LGBT community.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and schola

Public Domain (P)2024 SNR Audio
Classics Coming of Age Genre Fiction Fiction Celebrity Funny Heartfelt

Critic Reviews

“It is a novel not just about survival of the fittest. It is also a novel about the ways in which you make your way in the world, and how it is that you can reach a place in life which is different from where you started.”

- John Sutherland

All stars
Most relevant  
Brilliant Tale by Charles Dickens-Brillant narration by Stephen Fry . Once begun longed to get back to it . A work of Art

Brillant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

So well narrated by Stephen Fry. An incredible story that stands the test of time with good reason.

Fantastic story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I can't believe I've waited this long to read this book (I'm 43!) It brought tears to my eyes, and made me laugh out loud too.
As always, Stephen Fry does an incredible job of bringing these characters to life.
What an experience!
This is one of those books that has romance, heartbreak, regret, excitement and adventure.

do yourself a favour and experience this book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Dickens’ writing style is just so relatable. Stephen Fry is really good too, but he speaks quite slow in this one. I just put it at 1.3x speed and it was fine. Totally recommend!

Studied it for school and somehow still love it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I’ve wanted to get into Dickens for a while and when I saw that this was narrated by Stephen Fry I couldn’t wait to get started. It’s a lovely, meandering story with interesting characters and a smattering of humour. Certainly not the most action packed tale, but it’s enjoyable, easy to listen to and made me feel like a little boy again at times. A big thumbs up.

Beautifully Written. Peerlessly Narrated

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.