Pip in Great Expectations

The story of Pip, a young orphan who works as a clerk for the lawyer Mr. Jaggers and whose benefactor Mr. Jaggers represents, is a well-known one. Pip lives with his mean older sister and her kind husband Joe. It is a harsh life but warm friends keep Pip satisfied. One day, he meets a convict on the run and brings him food, but the escaped prisoner is recaptured and sent away. At one point, Pip is hired by an eccentric, wealthy recluse, Miss Havisham, to serve as a companion to her daughter Estella, who is adopted. Pip is quite smitten with the beautiful but high-and-mighty Estella.

Pip's world is radically transformed when he is told by Mr. Jaggers that a benefactor has "great expectations" and with his financial support, Pip can become a

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