Facts about Great Expectations
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Estella, the cold and beautiful girl Pip loves throughout the novel, is eventually revealed to be the daughter of Magwitch and the housekeeper Molly.
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Abel Magwitch, the escaped convict Pip helps as a child, is later revealed to be the secret source of Pip's gentlemanly fortune.
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Miss Havisham, one of literature's most memorable villains, was jilted on her wedding day and famously stops all the clocks at the exact moment she received the news.
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The three-stage structure of Great Expectations divides Pip's life into childhood in Kent, young adulthood in London, and maturation abroad, each lasting roughly seven years.
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Pip's full name, Philip Pirrip, appears only once in the novel despite being the protagonist and narrator throughout.
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Charles Dickens serialized Great Expectations in Weekly installments from December 1860 through August 1861 in his magazine All the Year Round.