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1. 1-6

   • Christmas Eve, afternoon: Pip meets the convict (Abel Magwitch) who asks him to steal a file and wittles for him. Joe and Mrs Joe are introduced. Joe is lovely and Mrs Joe is shown to hit Pip for no reason. Guns signal escaped convicts; Pip steals food and equipment and suffers from “wild fancies” caused by his guilt. When Magwitch is caught fighting with Compeyson, he confesses Pip’s crime.

2. 7 - 13

   • Pip and Joe’s limited education is compared. Miss Havisham requests Pip to visit. Mr Pumblechook takes Pip to meet Miss Havisham. He then meets Estella and falls in love. Estella bullies Pip and makes him cry. She highlights his poor breeding by calling him “a common labouring boy”. Pip starts an apprenticeship with Joe which he resents. Estella is sent away to learn how to be a lady. Pip confesses to Biddy that he wants to become a gentleman.

3. 14- 19

   • Pip is shown to look down on Joe and his lack of education. Joe is shown to be kind and thoughtful towards Pip. Mrs Joe is assaulted by Orlick which results in Joe fighting and Mrs Joe being disabled. She becomes a nicer person and Biddy moves in to care for her. Jaggers invites Pip to become a gentleman in London with “great expectations” from a secret benefactor.

4. 20-26

   • Pip lives with Herbert Pocket, Miss Havisham’s nephew and learns how to be a gentleman. He thinks Miss Havisham is his secret benefactor. He learns Miss Havisham’s wedding story. Jaggers shows Pip, Molly his housekeeper as a bullied, low woman he saved. Pip doesn’t realised Molly is Estella’s mother.

5. 27-33

   • Biddy writes to Pip asking if Joe can visit him in London. Pip is condescending to Joe and looks down on him in front of Henry. Pip starts to think that is is Pumblechook that is his patron. He visits Miss Havisham and declares his love for Estella. He waits for Estella in London where she is visiting.

6. 34-39

   • Pip and Herbert accumulate large debts. Mrs Joe dies. Pip comes of age (November) and becomes responsible for his finances. Pip escorts Estella to Miss Havisham where he learns of her engagement to Bentley Drummond. He quarrels with Miss Havisham and Estella then leaves broken hearted. Pip is now 23. Magwitch returns and reveals he is Pip’s benefactor.

7. 40-44

   • Magwitch stays with Pip under the name Provis to disguise his identity. Jaggers confirms that Magwitch is the benefactor. Herbert advises Pip to get Magwitch out of the country. They learn about Magwitch’s life. Pip declares his love for Estella again but she is set to marry Drummond.

8. 45-50

   • Pip feels he is being watched. Pip dines with Jaggers and learns that Estelle is married. Wemmick explains that Molly is Estella’s mother and that Magwitch is her father. Pip reminded Magwitch of Estella which his why he decided to help him. Miss Havisham confesses all and is killed in a fire at her house.

9. 51-59

   • Jaggers explains Estella’s adoption and advises Pip to keep it a secret. Magwitch’s escape is thwarted. Compeyson is drowned and Pip is reconciled to his benefactor. Pip’s wealth is forfeited to the crown. Magwitch is convicted and sentenced to death. Pip tells him of Estella. Pip becomes ill and is arrested for debt but rescued by Joe. Joe marries Biddy. Eleven years later Pip returns to Miss Havisham’s house and finds Estella.