Great Expectations (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- First Published: 1860
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Pip, Joe Gargery, Miss Havisham, Estella, Herbert Pocket, Mr. Jaggers, Abel Magwitch (Mr. Provis), Compeyson
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Sensation novel
- Subjects: Genealogy, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Mistaken or secret identity, Friendship, Hope, Poverty or poor people, England or English people, Duty, Lower classes, Money, Identity, Orphans or orphanages, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Blacksmithing or blacksmiths
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Little Pip had been left an orphan when he was a small boy, and his much older sister had grudgingly reared him in her cottage. Pip’s brother-in-law, Joe Gargery, on the other hand, was kind and loving to the boy. Pip often wandered alone in the marsh country where he lived with his sister and Joe. One day, he was accosted by a wild-looking stranger who was an escaped prisoner. He frightened Pip and demanded that the boy secretly bring him food and a file to cut the iron chain that bound his leg. When Pip brought him a pork pie and file, he saw another mysterious...
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