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Great Expectations

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Great Expectations

Novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1861. Philip Pirrip (‘Pip’), brought up by his sister and her husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery, rejects his humble background and pursues wealth, which he believes comes from the elderly, eccentric Miss Havisham. Ultimately, through adversity, he recognizes the value of his origins.



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That road open to enterprise and courage invites the explorer of coasts to new efforts towards the fulfilment of great expectations.
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You will have no objection, I dare say, to your great expectations being encumbered with that easy condition.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
She took the first opportunity of affronting her mother-in-law on the occasion, talking to her so expressively of her brother's great expectations, of Mrs.
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