Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Pip is a young orphan, living with his strict sister and her husband Joe. While looking at his parents’ grave one day, an escaped convict surprises him and orders him to bring him some food and a file. Thus, Pip helps him to escape.
One day, Pip is taken to the Satis House to play. Miss Havisham who lives there is an eccentric lady who, after being abandoned by her fiancée, stopped all the clocks in her house and wears her old wedding dress all the time. Here, Pip meets Estella, an arrogant young girl, with whom he falls in love.
Since he is very poor, Pip does not feel worthy of Estella. Therefore, he dreams of becoming a rich gentleman. However, he is apprenticed to Joe who is a blacksmith and starts to work in his forge.
Pip’s sister is attacked one night by Orlick. Consequently, she becomes a mute invalid. Pip’s friend, Biddy, takes care of her.
A lawyer, Mr. Jaggers, appears and announces that a secret benefactor has given Pip a large fortune which enables him to come to London and begin his education as a gentleman. Pip assumes that the money was given to him by Miss Havisham.
In London, Pip meets a young gentlemen, Herbert. When Joe visits him, Pip is embarrassed and is happy when Joe leaves. Later on, he finds out that his sister has died.
Pip and Herbert become good friends and they enjoy their lives, running up debts.
Pip is called to a mysterious meeting in the marshes. He encounters Orlick who waits for him and tries to kill him. Fotunately, Herbert appears and saves Pip’s life.
After several years, Pip finds out that his secret benefactor was not Miss Havisham but Magwitch, the convict whom he helped to escape once. After his initial disappointment, Pip begins to care for him deeply.
Magwitch’s escape was not successful since Compeyson (Miss Havisham’s former fiancée) called the police. After their fight, Magwitch dies.
Pip falls ill and returns home where Joe cares for him and they are reconciled. Pip decides to marry Biddy but he discovers that she and Orlick have already married.
Joe tells Pip the news: Miss Havisham has died and Estella married Drummle, a primitive and violent man. Pip is devastated.
After 11 years, Pip returns from abroad and he encounters Estella in the garden of the Satis House. Estella has changed tremendously. They leave the garden together hand in hand.
