Great Expectations

The novel is divided into three parts each of which follows a different stage in Pip''s life. In the first part Pip is a young boy living with his abusive older sister and her kind-hearted husband Joe Gargery a blacksmith. One evening Pip encounters an escaped convict Magwitch who demands that Pip bring him food and a file to remove his chains. Pip complies but the incident sets off a chain of events that changes his life forever. In the second part of the novel Pip comes into a fortune from an anonymous benefactor and moves to London to live as a gentleman. There he becomes infatuated with Estella the ward of a wealthy spinster named Miss Havisham who has raised her to be cold and unfeeling toward men.