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mel135
mel135
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Where in the novel does Estella call Pip "a common boy"?

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Posted by mel135 on Sunday May 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM and tagged with charles dickens, common boy, estella, great expectations, pip.

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  1. lit24
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    In Ch.8 when Pip visits Miss Havisham for the first time she asks Estella to play cards with Pip: "let me see you play cards with this boy." Immediately Estella replies very insultingly, "with this boy! Why he is a common-labouring boy!"

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    http://www.enotes.com/expectations/character-analysis
    http://www.enotes.com/expectations/characters
    http://www.enotes.com/expectations/part-1-chapter-8-9-sum...

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    Posted by lit24 on Sunday May 24, 2009 at 7:04 PM