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1、2、Authors background3、Analysis the main characters in the story3、1 Pip and his family3、2 Miss Havisham and her family 3、3 Characters from Pips youth3、4 The lawyer and his circle 4、Style and themesAbstractGreat Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the p

2、ublication All The Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. As it is known by many people, so I choose this book for my reading report.Great Expectations is written in the style of bildungsroman, which 6follows the story of a man or a w

3、oman in their quest for maturity, usually starting from childhood and ending in the main characters eventual adulthood. Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life and attempting to become a gentleman along the way. The novel can also be considered semi-autobiographical

4、 of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people.Key word: character、 experience、bildungsroman1、 IntroductionThe plot summaryOn Christmas Eve, young Pip, an orphan being raised by his sister and her husband, encounters a frightening man in the village churchyard. The

5、 man, a convict who has escaped from a prison ship, scares Pip into stealing him some food and a file to grind away his leg shackle. This incident is crucial: firstly, it gives Pip, who must steal the goods from his sisters house, his first taste of true guilt, and, secondly, Pips kindness warms the

6、 convicts heart. The convict, however, waits many years to truly show his gratitudeAt his sisters house, Pip is a boy without expectations. Mrs. Joe beats him around and has nothing good to say about her little brother. Her husband Joe is a kind man, although he is a blacksmith without much ambition

7、, and its assumed that Pip will follow in his footsteps. Only when Pip gets invited unexpectedly to the house of a rich old woman in the village named Miss Havisham, does Mrs. Joe, or any of her dull acquaintances, hold out any hope for Pips success.Indeed, Pips visits to Miss Havisham has changed h

8、im. Miss Havisham is an old woman who was abandoned on her wedding day and has, as a result, given up on life. She has been lived with Estella, her adopted daughter. Estella is beautiful, and Pip felt loved in her. Pip frequently visits her house, until one day she tells him that she would leave the

9、 village. Soon a young girl of Pips age, Biddy, comes to live at the house in order to care for Mrs. Joe. Pip again settles into his routine until one night at the village bar, a London lawyer, Jaggers, approaches Pip, revealing startling news: Pip has inherited a lot of money from an anonymous bene

10、factor and must leave for London immediately, to become a gentleman.In London, Pip studies with a tutor and lives with a new and close friend, Herbert. Pip is certain that his benefactor is the rich Miss Havisham. In addition, he becomes convinced that Miss Havishams financial support, toward his el

11、evated social status, is the result of her desire that he may marry Estella someday. Pip passes many years in London; he remains ashamed of Joe, and they grow apart, Mrs. Joe dies, and though he falls harder and harder for Estella-who seems to get colder and colder by the day-he never confesses his

12、love.One stormy night, Pip learns the true identity of his benefactor. It is not Miss Havisham, but rather a petty criminal named Magwitch. Magwitch is the convict Pip fed in the churchyard many years ago, and hes left all his money to Pip in gratitude for that kindness, and also because young Pip r

13、eminded him of his own child, whom he thinks is dead. The news of his benefactor crushes Pip-hes ashamed of him, and worse yet, Magwitch wants to spend the rest of his days with Pip. Pip takes this on like a dreadful duty, and its all the worse because Magwitch is a wanted man in England, and will b

14、e hung if hes caught.Eventually, a plan is hatched by Herbert and Pip, whereby Pip and Magwitch will flee the country by rowing down the river and catching a steamer bound for Europe. This must be done on the sly, and further complicating matters is the fact that an old criminal enemy of Magwitchs,

15、Compeyson, is hot in pursuit. Compeyson, its discovered, is the same man that swindled and abandoned Miss Havisham so many years back. Miss Havisham, meanwhile, is softening a bit, and seems repentant for her life-long mission against love.Estella has been married to Bentley Drummle, a marriage that

16、 anyone can see will be an unhappy one. Just before Pip is to flee with Magwitch, he makes one last visit to Miss Havisham, and finds her filled with regret, wanting his forgiveness. Unfortunately, she gets a little too close to the fire and sets herself ablaze. Pip heroically saves her, but shes badly burned and does eventually die