The ending of Great Expectations is famous partly because Charles Dickens wrote it twice. In the version readers usually know, Pip and Estella meet again at the ruins of Satis House after years apart and walk away together. Yet Dickens never tells us they marry, which leaves the final scene open to interpretation. His original […]
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25 Great Expectations Book Quotes About Love, Ambition, and Life
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is full of people wanting the wrong things for reasons they do not fully understand. Pip wants to become a gentleman. Miss Havisham wants revenge. Estella has been taught to keep love at arm’s length, while Joe quietly demonstrates the kind of loyalty Pip spends years taking for granted. Along […]