Brought up by his mean sister and her humble blacksmith husband, Pip meets many people who change the course of his life. Follow Pip from childhood to manhood as he discovers that great expectations of wealth don't always lead to happiness.

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets Fitzwilliam Darcy, an eligible bachelor, she finds him haughty and egotistical; he is uninterested in her attractiveness and sharp mind. She is resolved to hate Darcy more than ever when she later learns that he has been involved in the tumultuous relationship between his buddy Bingley and her adored sister Jane.

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.