匹普是个孤儿，从小跟姐姐、姐夫生活。他在当地贵族郝薇香小姐家遇到了其养女艾丝黛拉后，对她心生爱慕，但美丽高傲的艾丝黛拉却对他报以嘲笑和挖苦。匹普后来受一位不愿透露姓名的恩人资助，到伦敦学做绅士。金钱使匹普染上了上流社会的恶习，迷失了纯朴的天性。艾丝黛拉也嫁作他人妇。在经历了人生的大起大落之后，匹普两手空空地回到家乡，最终和结束了不幸婚姻的艾丝黛拉走到一起。

本丛书策划引进的立意在于借鉴亚洲主要国家英语阅读形成的各自经验，挑选各国最具代表性的英语阅读经典，为中国读者提供富于启发的异国视角和参考读本。

1. The stranger in the churchyard

2. I keep my promise

3. The capture of the two convicts

4. Some important changes in my life

5. I arrive at Miss Havisham's

6. I tell fairy tales

7. Strange people in a strange house

8. I try to be less common

9. I am apprenticed to Joe

10. I am miserable and confide in Biddy

11. My dream comes true

12. London

13. A conversation with Herbert

14. A new life and new friends

15. Joe pays me a visit

16. Estella again

17. I confide in Herbert

18. Bad news from home

19. I come of age

20. An unexpected visitor

21. Provis

22. I say goodbye to Estella

23. Provis is in danger

24. A sad interview

25. I make an amazing discovery

26. A well-laid plan and its failure

27. The trial and after

28. Good old Joe

29. Home-coming

30. At long last