Great Expectations
Read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in Russian 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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Фамилия моего отца была Пиррип.
My father’s family name was Pirrip.
Моё собственное имя было Филип.
My own first name was Philip.
Но когда я был маленьким ребёнком, я не мог сказать эти имена ясно.
But when I was a baby, I could not say those names clearly.
Я мог сказать только одно короткое слово: Пип.
I could only say one short word: Pip.
Поэтому я называл себя Пип.
So I called myself Pip.
И так все начали называть меня Пип.
And that is how everyone started to call me Pip.
Я знаю, что Пиррип — это фамилия моего отца, потому что это написано на его могильном камне.
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