Great Expectations

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens

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A convict frightens Pip in the cementary.
A convict frightens Pip in the cementary.

Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham

The stranger begins to stir his rum and water with Joe's file.
The stranger begins to stir his rum and water with Joe's file.

Pip and Miss Havisham
Pip and Miss Havisham

Pip
Pip

Pip fears that Estella will come to the forge and see him at his dirtiest, and he imagines her face in the flames of the fire in the forge.
Pip fears that Estella will come to the forge and see him at his dirtiest, and he imagines her face in the flames of the fire in the forge.

The attack on Mrs. Joe
The attack on Mrs. Joe

Pip and Biddy take a walk on the marshes.
Pip and Biddy take a walk on the marshes.

Pip prepares to leave for London.
Pip prepares to leave for London.

Barnard's Inn
Barnard's Inn

The housekeeper shows her wrists to the guests.
The housekeeper shows her wrists to the guests.

Pip and Estella walk together in the overgrown garden.
Pip and Estella walk together in the overgrown garden.

Mr. Wemmick and Pip at Newgate Prison.
Mr. Wemmick and Pip at Newgate Prison.

Pip and Estella in front of the carriage that will take Estella to Richmond.
Pip and Estella in front of the carriage that will take Estella to Richmond.

A letter from Trabb and Company arrives for Pip telling him of his sister's death.
A letter from Trabb and Company arrives for Pip telling him of his sister's death.

Pip asks Mr. Jaggers to dine with him only out of courtesy.
Pip asks Mr. Jaggers to dine with him only out of courtesy.

The 60 year old man who visits Pip and turns out to be the first convict on the marshes.
The 60 year old man who visits Pip and turns out to be the first convict on the marshes.

A coal from the fireplace catches Miss Havisham's dress on fire.
A coal from the fireplace catches Miss Havisham's dress on fire.

The steamer leaving London.
The steamer leaving London.

Pip and Estella
Pip and Estella

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Still from the 1946 film Great Expectations, starring Anthony Wager (right) as Pip and Finlay Currie (left) as Magwitch.
Still from the 1946 film Great Expectations, starring Anthony Wager (right) as Pip and Finlay Currie (left) as Magwitch.

Illustration by Frederic W Pailthorpe, from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.
Illustration by Frederic W Pailthorpe, from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.