Chapter 11 (Chapter 10 –
Abridged)
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A few days later, Pip returns to Miss
Havisham’s house
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House is full of people waiting to see her, but
she sees Pip first
Brings him to a great banquet hall where a
table is set with food and a large wedding
cake
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Food and cake are years old…untouched except
for rats, beetles, and spiders
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Miss Havisham has Pip walk her around
the room as the four guests are brought in
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Sarah Pocket – a “vicious,” “dry, brown,
corrugated woman”
Georgiana – “the grave lady”
Camilla – an old melodramatic woman
Cousin Raymond – Camilla’s husband
All guests are the same age or a little
younger than Miss Havisham – they’ve all
come to see her on her birthday
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This happens to be the same day that the cake was
set out and the clocks stopped so many years ago
It becomes clear to Pip the decay of Miss Havisham
and her house stems from her wedding day, which
none of her relatives dare to mention
Their visit is based on greed – they’re hoping to
please her enough to be given some of her money
upon her death
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Miss Havisham is aware of this and makes reference
to her dead body being laid out as a meal for her
relatives…gives readers a weird and morbid picture
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Miss Havisham continues to walk around
until the name Matthew is
mentioned…then she stops short
When the guests leave Miss Havisham
asks that Estella and Pip play cards again
while she watches
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Pip is later allowed to explore the yard
again and he comes across a pale, young
gentleman who challenges him to a fight
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Pip gives him a bloody nose and a black eye
They end the fight and the boy, cheerful as
ever, wishes Pip a good afternoon
Before Pip leaves, Estella tells Pip that he
may kiss her if he wants…he kisses her on
the cheek
Irony
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The loveless environment of the Satis House is
representative of the higher society that Pip
would like to rise to
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Relationships are built on money and
power…contrasts the relationship Pip has with Joe at
the forge, which is based on mutual respect
His new environment makes him feel unnatural and
uncomfortable
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This is why he feels guilty about hitting the pale, young
gentleman
However he is rewarded for his behavior with being able to
kiss Estella
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This act symbolizes society’s rewarding of violent behavior
Chapter 12 (Chapter 11 –
Abridged)
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Over the next eight months, Pip pushes Miss
Havisham in a wheelchair from her sitting room
to the large banquet hall
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Sometimes Estella joins them and they sing songs
together
By this time it has become clear that Miss Havisham
is raising Estella to break men’s hearts in revenge for
what they have done to Miss Havisham (although
what they have done to her is not clear).
With Pip she is obviously succeeding…he is continuing
to be abused and insulted by her while admitting that
she grows prettier each day.
During the same time, Uncle Pumblechook
makes a habit of visiting Mrs. Joe and
discussing Pip’s promising future, now that
he regularly visits Miss Havisham
 His future prospects seem to diminish
when Miss Havisham asks Pip to bring Joe
to visit her so that Pip may start his
indenture (binding into service) as a
blacksmith
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Chapter 13 (Chapter 12 –
Abridged)
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Joe goes to Satis House with Pip the next
day
Miss Havisham gives Joe twenty-five
guineas for Pip’s service to her and buys
Pip’s indenture as a blacksmith
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Joe and Pip arrive back at Uncle
Pumblechook’s house where Mrs. Joe is
waiting
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Joe gives her the money
Uncle Pumblechook thinks Pip should be
legally bound as Joe’s apprentice
Mrs. Joe takes everyone to dinner
All are enjoying themselves except for Pip
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“…I was truly wretched, and had a strong
conviction on me that I should never like Joe’s
trade. I had liked it once, but once was not
now.”
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Pip continually is present at meals that do not
include the enjoyment, human companionship,
and hospitality that are to accompany meals.
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Christmas dinner
The uneaten meal and cake in Miss Havisham’s
banquet hall
Meal celebrating Pip’s indenture
However, refer back to the meal Pip feeds his
convict…there appears to be some genuine
hospitality
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Pip: “I am glad you enjoy it.”
Convict: “Thankee, my boy, I do.”
Chapter 14 (This chapter does
not exist in the abridged
version.)
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Pip explains the misery he is feeling to his
readers
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Ashamed of his home
Ashamed of his trade
Wants to be uncommon
Wants to be a gentleman; a part of the environment
that he had a small taste of at the Satis House
What he fears most is that Estella will see him in his
current, dirty, blacksmith state
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This chapter points criticism at Victorian
Society’s tendency to look down on the
common laborer as dirty and of less value
than the more sophisticated man leading a
wealthy, leisurely lifestyle
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Criticism is two-fold
Against the society which enforces these values
 Against the individuals who adopt society’s values
despite their better judgment (Pip)
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Chapter 15 (Chapter 13 –
Abridged)
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Biddy continues to teach Pip all she knows
Pip continues to teach Joe all he has learned,
though he doubts that Joe is really absorbing
what he’s been taught
We meet Orlick – a gruff man that Joe employs
around the forge
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Insults Mrs. Joe when she is close enough to hear
him
There is a fight between Joe and Orlick; Joe wins and
the two work together as usual
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About a year into his indenture, Pip
revisits Miss Havisham, saying he wishes
to thank her for paying his indenture
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Pip is disappointed with the meeting
Miss Havisham sees him for a few moments, only
to laugh at him when he looks around for Estella
 Estella has been sent abroad to be educated as a
lady
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Pip returns home to find the whole village
at his house
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Mrs. Joe has been hit over the head by some
unknown attacker
Chapter 16 (Chapter 14 –
Abridged)
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Although Orlick seems to have motive to
have committed this act, the shackles the
convict filed off in the first chapter where
found next to his sister
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Seemingly distant episode with Pip’s convict
seems to keep haunting Pip, regardless of his
attempts to distance himself
This makes his also think of the strange
man he met at the pub who had Joe’s file
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Mrs. Joe has suffered some serious brain
damage; lost much of her voice, hearing,
and memory
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Communicates by writing letters and symbols
on slate
“…her temper was greatly improved, and she
was patient.”
 As he narrates, Pip refers to her as “my sister”
as opposed to Mrs. Joe
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May be due to the guilt he feels about the attack
(he may be partly responsible) or simply her
change in attitude
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Biddy is employed and moves into the
house to help take care of Mrs. Joe and
household chores
Oddly, Mrs. Joe begins to treat Orlick
extraordinarily well, inviting him to have
something to drink
Chapter 17 (Chapter 15 –
Abridged)
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Pip notices that Biddy is turning into a
woman – not very pretty, but very bright
and wise
They go for a walk one day
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Pip confesses his desire to become a
gentleman
Admits he wants to be a gentleman so that he
will he acceptable to Estella
Biddy thinks becoming a gentleman to
impress a woman who thinks he is course
and common is not very smart
 Pip knows he’s been very foolish, can’t
help himself and begins to cry in front of
Biddy
 Pip says he wishes he were more easily
satisfied and that he could fall in love with
her
 Biddy replies that he never will
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Chapter 18 (Chapter 16 –
Abridged)
Year 4 of Pip’s apprenticeship
 He is sitting with Joe and Mr. Wopsle at
the Three Jolly Bargemen when they are
approached by a stranger who wants to
talk to Joe and Pip
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Pip recognizes him and his “smell of soap” –
he once ran into this man at Miss Havisham’s
house
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They return to the forge with the man, Mr.
Jaggers
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Explains that Pip has “great expectations”
He’s been given a large amount of money,
which will be administered by Jaggers
This has been given by an anonymous sponsor
whom Pip is never to try to discover
 Readers wonder who this donor is???????? Miss
Havisham?
 Pip thinks he’s going to be trained to be an
appropriate mate for Estella
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Pip is to be brought up as a gentleman
and will be tutored by Matthew Pocket –
this is the Matthew who was mentioned at
Miss Havisham’s
Jaggers gives him money for clothes and
says to meet him in London in a week
Chapter 19
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Pip spends an uncomfortable evening with
Biddy and Joe then goes to bed
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The relationship with Joe and Biddy has
changed
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He thinks himself better, more intelligent, more
qualified than the life which he was leading with
them
Despite his dreams coming true, he is feeling
very lonely
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The word is spreading through town that
Pip has come into fortune – people are
treating him differently
Goes to town and buys his clothes for
London and stores them at Uncle
Pumblechook’s house
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Relations between Biddy and Joe do not
improve
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Intensifies when Pip asks if Biddy will educate
Joe so that he could rise to a higher social
level
Biddy hotly tells Pip that Joe has no need, and
does not want to be brought up to another
social level
Pip is becoming very vain – he’s even gone as
far as to correct Biddy’s grammar…she was
his first teacher
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Pip visits Miss Havisham
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She hints subtly that she is his unknown
donor
Does this in a way that when Sarah Pocket
hears, she believes it too
The week is up and Pip leaves for London
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Even in the carriage, he considers turning
around and spending another day with Joe
and Biddy