Dec 28, 2009

Great Expectations | Part 1, Chapter 6 and 7 Summary and Analysis

New Characters
Mr. Wopsle’s Great-Aunt: keeps an evening school in the village and also runs a general store

Biddy: runs Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt’s general store and is her granddaughter; she is an orphan

Miss Havisham: mysterious rich lady who lives in town and leads a secluded life

Summary
Pip is one year older, and although he attends Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt’s evening school in the village, it is Biddy who teaches him to read and write. Joe and Pip sit by the hearth and Pip writes Joe a letter. Joe is...