Great Expectations
Read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in Dutch and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C2.
About this book
On the marshes, beneath a sky striped red and black, a small orphan named Pip is tending his family's graves when a voice cracks the silence. "Hold your noise!" A man rises from among the tombstones, an escaped convict in irons, and tilts the boy backward with every threat until Pip promises to bring him a file and food. Great Expectations opens in fear and mud, and everything that follows grows from that one memorable morning.
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De familienaam van mijn vader was Pirrip.
My father’s family name was Pirrip.
Mijn eigen voornaam was Philip.
My own first name was Philip.
Maar toen ik een baby was, kon ik die namen niet duidelijk zeggen.
But when I was a baby, I could not say those names clearly.
Ik kon maar één kort woord zeggen: Pip.
I could only say one short word: Pip.
Dus noemde ik mezelf Pip.
So I called myself Pip.
En zo begon iedereen mij Pip te noemen.
And that is how everyone started to call me Pip.
Ik weet dat Pirrip de familienaam van mijn vader was, want het staat op zijn grafsteen.
I know that Pirrip was my father’s family name because it is on his tombstone.
History
- Written by Charles Dickens in English
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026