Publisher: Charles Dickens
Book Description On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about seven years old, encounters an escaped captive in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. Thenext day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict;the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped.
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
