Unfulfilled hopes Dickens. Problems of improper upbringing

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Do you know that

The film is based on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).
In an interview, Helena Bonham Carter said that she actually wore one shoe during the filming. This is exactly how Miss Havisham was described in the book.
The role of Pip was offered to Alex Pettyfer, but he turned it down.
Rooney Mara turned down the role of Estella.
Meryl Streep was going to play the role of Miss Havisham, but was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.

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Errors in the film

At the very beginning of the film, as Pip runs towards the camera, he steps into the mud, in which wide tracks from modern tires are visible.

Plot

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Philip Pirrip is a simple boy who lost his parents at a very early age. Everyone just calls him Pip. He grew up in the house of his sister, who hated him and bullied him in every possible way. Pip is passionate about blacksmithing and devotes all his free time to it.

Sometimes Pip goes to the cemetery where his parents are buried. That day he met a man who turned out to be an escaped convict. The former prisoner asks the boy to bring sawdust and some food. Pip fulfills the request and even helps to free himself from the shackles. This meeting will change the boy's fate forever.

Philip meets his beautiful neighbor Estella. They quickly find a common language. Years go by, Pip realizes that he loves her. Unfortunately, the beauty is in no hurry to respond to the hero’s feelings because of her mother, Miss Havisham.

Many years ago, her fiancé ran away right before the wedding. Since then, the woman wears her wedding dress, never taking it off, and hates all men. She teaches Estella to look down on her suitors. The daughter, according to the mother's plan, should become an instrument of retribution. She grew up arrogant and arrogant.

One day, Philip's life changes dramatically. An unknown rich man arranges a huge inheritance for the young man. He gets the opportunity to go to London and study at a prestigious university. Pip's education, manners and kindness will be able to melt the ice in Estella's heart, and they will finally be together, despite Miss Havisham.

Oshchepkova K.E.
Oshchepkova Ksenia Evgenyevna – Faculty of Humanities, Department of Foreign Philology, student
Moscow University of Finance and Law, Moscow

annotation : education is a responsibility before God, society, the state and one’s conscience. The famous English writer Charles Dickens believed that this is an intimate contact between adulthood and childhood, which is fraught with various dangers. He raised issues of education in his novels, one of which was Great Expectations.

Keywords : Charles Dickens, novel, education, childhood.

Keywords: Charles Dickens, novel, education, childhood.

Behavior is a great mirror,
in which everyone shows their face.
I.V.Goethe

Where does human upbringing begin? It starts at birth, or even earlier. A person is educated by his entire environment: people, things, phenomena, but most of all - people. And the best upbringing teachers are parents.

The family plays an important role in education. In this unit of society, all the basic personality qualities that will be endowed with their “pupil” are laid down. The ability to live in society depends precisely on the family, because a person is a part of society.

If modern society is in decline, then this cannot be blamed solely on the morals of modern society. First of all, the person is to blame, as a result of his upbringing by his parents. It turns out to be a vicious circle: person-society-person.

Issues of education were discussed by Charles Dickens and E. Zola. The French writer developed the theory of naturalism in his novels, from which it follows that environment and heredity are factors that have a huge influence on the formation of personality. His predecessor, Charles Dickens, was also concerned with the problem of man in society. Everyone knows that the American writer was very concerned about the topic of childhood, because in each of his novels the main character is a child.

As a Victorian writer, Charles Dickens used the following characteristics of an educational novel:

Autobiographical;

Origin story - a child character, most often an orphan, who is characterized by a loss of faith in the value of the concept of family;

Education (scientific and moral-ethical) - obtaining knowledge necessary for the development process, is the main core of the novel;

Trials and wanderings - a journey from home - are rather an escape from provincial or ordinary life, thanks to which the character's character is formed;

Mental conflict - the main conflict lies within the spiritual world of the character himself, and the main goal is to achieve harmony;

Financial independence - the hero’s financial development is achieved through education, gradual honing of skills and work experience;

Love conflict - most characters are tested not only by their environment, money, but also by love; as a rule, pure love is contrasted with vicious love.

Thus, the central point of education according to Dickens is the dependence of the moral character of the younger generation on the characteristics of the environment and upbringing, where the family plays a special role. It is this social institution that has the initial influence on the child’s character.

In an interview with the London Times, Dickens replied that from the experience of his own life, he knows that the development of such personal qualities as observation, perseverance, independence of thinking and action, broadened horizons, the habit of accuracy, order, neatness, diligence, hard work, the ability to concentrate oneself on one goal is what is necessary for success. In other words, the writer explained, it is necessary to cultivate the true, strong, strong-willed character of the individual.

In matters of education, for Dickens, the primary tasks of the educational process in the family are the task of instilling true moral and moral values, as well as “raising a real person. Spirituality and humanism are the main criteria of an educated person, in contrast to the gentleman of the traditional English upbringing of the 19th century. .

This is where the main tasks arise - the search for individual methods and means of training and education. Education, according to Dickens, is an intimate contact between adult life and childhood, which is fraught with various dangers.

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (1860-1861) is considered a classic educational novel. It retains in its content the defining components - the cyclical nature of the genre (childhood, adolescence, youth), as well as almost the entire range of genre characteristics (the history of the family, knowledge and education through life's trials, etc.).

I will consider Charles Dickens’s novel “Great Expectations” as an attempt to show how much upbringing and the environment influence the formation of personality, and I will also provide a comparative description of the main characters of the novel - Estella and Pip.

Theme of the novel: “Miseducation”

One of the main characters of the novel was left without parents as a child. He was taken into the care of his older sister with her husband Joe and “raised with her own hands.” Her treatment of the boy was excessively strict and cruel.

“My sister, Mrs. Jo Gargery, was more than twenty years older than me, and earned respect in her own eyes and in the eyes of her neighbors by raising me “with her own hands.” Because I had to figure out the meaning of this expression myself, and because I knew that her hand was heavy and hard and that she could not raise it not only against me, but also against her husband, I believed that Joe Gargery and I had both been brought up "with your own hands."

Another of the central objects of the novel is Estella, who grew up in the house of a half-mad aristocrat. Mrs. Havisham raised the girl according to her ideas about life, raising her to be a fatal beauty. I spoiled this girl from childhood and instilled in her a kind of hatred for men.

“Estella’s contempt was so strong that it was transmitted to me like an infection...

She beat me again and threw her cards on the table, as if she abhorred the victory she had won over such an opponent.”

Pip's inner circle

Mrs. Joe.

Mrs. Joe was a very clean housewife, but she had a rare ability to turn cleanliness into something more uncomfortable and unpleasant than any dirt.

Always extremely busy, my elder sister attended church through proxies. So she didn't go to church.

Throughout the novel, Joe creates the impression of an easy-going man who feared his wife until her death. The result of such complaisance was the almost complete absence of an opinion or the inability to express it.

“My sister was far from beautiful, so I got the impression that she married Joe Gargery with her own hands. Joe Gargery, a fair-haired giant, had flaxen curls framing his clear face, and his blue eyes were so bright, as if their blue had accidentally mixed with the whites of their own. He was a golden man, quiet, soft, meek, flexible, simple-minded, Hercules both in his strength and in his weakness.”

Estella's inner circle

Mrs Havisham.

Miss Havisham is called a half-mad aristocrat in this novel. On the eve of her own wedding, her fiancé left her, which became the reason for her withdrawn and rather strange lifestyle. Every year she elevated the feeling of loneliness and contempt for people to a cult, passing it on to Estella.

“I have heard something about Miss Havisham from our town - everyone has heard about her for many miles around. They said that she was an unusually rich and stern lady, living in complete solitude, in a large gloomy house, surrounded by iron bars to prevent thieves.”

Problems of improper upbringing

The results of Pip and Estella's upbringing are disastrous. Pip chose a passive way to achieve his goal. He expected happiness to fall on him from the sky, like the wealth that he acquired thanks to his benefactor.

“Raising my sister made me overly sensitive. Children, no matter who raises them, feel nothing more painfully than injustice. Even if the injustice that the child experienced is very small, the child himself is small, and his world is small, and for him a toy rocking horse is the same as for us a tall Irish racer. Ever since I can remember, I have been waging an endless debate in my soul with injustice.”

Having moved to London, Pip began to lead a social life - namely, spending money aimlessly and spending his days idle. When he signed up as an apprentice to Joe, he knew for sure that he would find something to do, that “blacksmiths are a sparkling path to independent life, to the life of an adult man”

He begins to “do debts,” settle them, and organize dinners.

« we signed up as candidate members of the club, which was called “Finches in the Grove.”

I still don't know for what purpose it was established…»

As for Estella, she became exactly what Miss Havisham made her out to be. It is safe to say that the half-mad aristocrat pursued her own selfish goals, which she achieved. Miss Havisham chose Estella as an instrument for revenge on all men, raising her to be a fatal beauty.

“Break their hearts, my pride and my hope! Break their hearts without mercy!

Estella did not know how to love. Only contempt emanated from her... However, Miss Havisham herself paid for such an upbringing. She demanded the impossible from Estella - love.

“Should I ask you about this?...I am what you made me. You have no one to praise and no one to reproach but yourself; your merit or your sin - that’s what it is ... "

Thus, in the novel “Great Expectations,” the writer shows the “naked truth,” mercilessly exposing the shortcomings of his contemporary social order. According to Charles Dickens, human morality is formed in interaction with the social environment. And one of the main shortcomings of society is improper upbringing, as in the case of Estella and Pip.

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In Great Britain, in particular near the city of Rochester, there lived a boy Pip, who was 7 years old, and his older sister. He was left without parents and was raised strictly by his sister. She had a husband, Joe Gargery, a good-natured and simple blacksmith who always protected Pip.

The story that Pete tells begins with the fact that in the cemetery he meets a convict who has escaped from prison. He forces the boy to bring him food and planks to remove the shackles. Pete manages this with difficulty, tormented by internal experiences and fears. Some time later, a stranger in a tavern gives him 2 pounds.

Meanwhile, Pip begins to work in the house of Miss Havisham, who was abandoned by her groom on her wedding day. His duties included not letting Lady Hashivem get bored, entertaining her and her pupil Estella. She inspired her to break the hearts of men. Pip began to feel sympathy for Estella. With the money he earned, he became an apprentice to Joe, but was in every possible way afraid that Estella would see him doing menial work and would despise him.

Some time later he met Mr. Jagger, who told him that he would inherit a large fortune if he left the city. And Pete agreed.

In London, Pip was rented by Herbert Pocket. He easily manages to integrate into society. He imitates his friends, takes lessons from mentors. At the same time, Pip's sister dies.

When Piya was alone in the apartment, a man came to his doorstep, the same escapee from prison. Thanking Pip, he said that Pip’s condition was his doing. And from this Pip experienced great disappointment. The man's name was Abel Magwitch.

From him, Pip learned that he was being pursued by a second convict, who was Miss Havisham's fiancé. Gradually, Pip realizes that Abel is Estella's father, but does not tell anyone about this for the benefit of Estella, who is at that time married to Drumle.

Pip receives a letter asking him to come to the swamp. It was written by Orlik, Joe's assistant. Orlik started a grudge against Pip and wanted to kill him. When it seems that there is no way out, Herbert comes to his aid. Magwitch, who wanted to escape, was captured. He was sentenced to death, but died from his wounds. Until his last breath, Pip was next to him, expressing deep gratitude to him and telling him about the fate of his daughter.

Eleven years later, Pip returns to his native place. He works with his friend Herbert, who has his own family. Joe also got married and has children: a son and a daughter. Pip really wants to see his first love. He hears rumors that she is divorced. In hope, he comes to the old house and meets Estella there. They leave hand in hand.

The novel “Great Expectations” teaches us how to find our happiness no matter what, not to lose ourselves by getting more money, and how resentment and envy can turn a person into a beast.

Picture or drawing Great Expectations

Woman in a wedding dress

The spinster Miss Havisham wants to find a friend for her adopted daughter Estella. Many years ago, this woman was deceived by her groom, who robbed her and did not show up at the altar. Since then, Miss Havisham has been sitting in a gloomy room in a yellowed wedding dress and thirsting for retribution for all men. She hopes to achieve her goal with the help of Estella. The adoptive mother teaches the girl to hate all males, to hurt them and break their hearts.

When Miss Havisham recommended Pip as a playmate, the boy began to often visit the old maid's house. Pip really likes Estella. He thinks the girl is beautiful. Estella's main flaw is arrogance. She was taught it by her adoptive mother. Philip used to enjoy blacksmithing, which he learned from his uncle. Now he is embarrassed by his hobby, afraid that his new girlfriend will someday find him doing dirty work in the forge.

One day, the capital's lawyer Jaggers comes to Joe's home and says that his anonymous client wants to take care of Philip's future and do everything possible to arrange his fate. If Philip agrees, he will have to move to London. In this case, Jaggers himself will be appointed Philip's guardian until he is 21 years old. Pip is sure that the client who is going to become his benefactor is Miss Havisham, and that if the outcome is favorable, he will be able to marry Estella. Meanwhile, Pirripa's sister was attacked by an unknown person, hitting her on the back of the head. The culprit was never found. Philip suspects Orlik, who worked as an assistant in a forge.

In the capital, Pip rents a place with his friend. The young man quickly got used to the new place, joined a prestigious club and spends money without looking. Herbert, the friend he lives with, is more cautious. Pip goes to visit Miss Havisham and meets the now grown-up Estella. The old maid is left alone with the young man and asks, no matter what, to love her adopted daughter.

Unexpectedly, Pirrip meets Abel Magwitch, the same escaped convict whom he tried to help against his own will many years ago. Pip is horrified by this meeting, fearing that Abel will try to kill him. The fears were unfounded. Magwitch turned out to be the mysterious benefactor who hired the lawyer Jaggers and decided to take care of Pip. The convict escaped from Australia, where he had been sent into exile, and returned home, despite the fact that such an act threatened him with hanging.

Magwitch talks about his comrade Compeson, with whom he “went to work”, and then tried to escape and was sent to Australia. Compeson was the old maid's fiancé, Havisham. Magwitch is Estella's father. Pip soon learns that his beloved married Drummle, who was reputed to be a cruel man. Philip visits Miss Havisham. The old maid's dress accidentally catches fire from the fireplace. Pirrip saved the woman, but a few days later she still died.

Philip is sent an anonymous letter in which an unknown person demands a meeting at the lime factory at night. Arriving at the factory, Pip sees the blacksmith's assistant Orlik, who tried to kill the young man. However, Pip managed to escape. Pirrip is forced to prepare to flee abroad. Magwitch also wants to run away with him. The attempt failed: the friends were intercepted by the police. Magwitch was convicted and later died in a prison hospital.

Together forever

11 years have passed since the events described. Philip decided to remain a bachelor. One day, while walking near the ruins of Miss Havisham's house, he met Estella, who had already become a widow. Pip and Estella leave the ruins together. Nothing stands in the way of their happiness anymore.

Frustration

Dickens made Philip Pirrip his literary counterpart. In the actions and moods of the hero, the author depicted his own torment. The novel "Great Expectations" is partly autobiographical.

Author's purpose

One of Dickens's original intentions was a sad ending and a complete collapse of hopes. The reader should see the cruelty and injustice of reality and, perhaps, draw a parallel with his own life.

However, Dickens never liked to end his works tragically. In addition, he knew too well the tastes of the public, who were unlikely to be happy with the sad ending. In the end, the writer decides to end the novel with a “happy ending.”

The novel was written at a time when the writer's talent had reached its maturity, but had not yet begun to fade or dry up. The writer contrasted the world of wealthy gentlemen leading a far from righteous lifestyle with the wretched existence of ordinary workers. The author's sympathy is with the latter. Aristocratic stiffness is unnatural and not inherent in human nature. However, numerous rules of etiquette require false cordiality towards those who are unpleasant and coldness towards those who are loved.

Pip now has the opportunity to lead a decent life, to enjoy everything that is available to the wealthiest segments of the population. But the young man notices how insignificant and pitiful are the substitutes for genuine human happiness, which cannot be bought even by a millionaire. Money did not make Philip happy. With their help, he cannot return his parents, receive warmth and love. Pip was never able to join the aristocratic society, turn into a secular person. For all this you need to become false, to abandon the most important thing - your essence. Philip Pirrip simply cannot do this.

Charles Dickens

"Big hopes"

In the vicinity of Rochester, an ancient town southeast of London, there lived a seven-year-old boy nicknamed Pip. He was left without parents, and he was raised “with her own hands” by his older sister, who “possessed the rare ability to turn cleanliness into something more uncomfortable and unpleasant than any dirt.” She treated Pip as if he had been “taken under the supervision of a police obstetrician and handed over to her with the instruction to act to the fullest extent of the law.” Her husband was the blacksmith Joe Gargery - a fair-haired giant, docile and simple-minded, only he protected Pip as best he could.

This amazing story, told by Pip himself, began on the day when he encountered an escaped convict in the cemetery. He, under pain of death, demanded to bring “grub and filing” in order to free himself from shackles. How much effort it took the boy to secretly collect and hand over the bundle! It seemed that every floorboard shouted after them: “Stop the thief!” But it was even more difficult not to give yourself away.

They had barely stopped gossiping about the prisoners when in a tavern some stranger discreetly showed him a file and gave him two pound notes (it is clear from whom and for what).

Time passed. Pip began to visit a strange house in which life stood still on the day of the failed wedding of the owner, Miss Havisham. She grew old, not seeing the light, sitting in a decayed wedding dress. The boy was supposed to entertain the lady, play cards with her and her young pupil, the beautiful Estella. Miss Havisham chose Estella as an instrument of revenge on all men for the one who deceived her and did not show up for the wedding. “Break their hearts, my pride and hope,” she repeated, “break them without pity!” Estella's first victim was Pip. Before meeting her, he loved the craft of a blacksmith and believed that “the forge is a sparkling path to an independent life.” Having received twenty-five guineas from Miss Havisham, he gave them for the right to become an apprentice to Joe and was happy, and a year later he shuddered at the thought that Estella would find him black from rough work and would despise him. How many times had he imagined her flowing curls and arrogant gaze outside the forge window! But Pip was a blacksmith's apprentice, and Estella was a young lady who should be educated abroad. Having learned about Estella's departure, he went to the shopkeeper Pumblechook to listen to the heartbreaking tragedy of "George Barnwell". Little could he have imagined that a real tragedy awaited him on the threshold of his home!

People were crowding around the house and in the yard; Pip saw his sister, struck by a terrible blow to the back of the head, and shackles with a sawn ring lay nearby. The constables tried unsuccessfully to find out whose hand struck the blow. Pip suspected Orlik, the worker who helped in the forge, and the stranger who showed the file.

Mrs. Joe had difficulty regaining consciousness and needed care. That's why Biddy, a pretty girl with kind eyes, appeared in the house. She ran the household and kept up with Pip, taking advantage of every opportunity to learn something. They often spoke heart to heart, and Pip admitted to her that he dreams of changing his life. “You want to become a gentleman to annoy that beauty who lived with Miss Havisham, or to woo her,” Biddy guessed. Indeed, the memories of those days “like an armor-piercing shell” shattered good intentions of entering into a share with Joe, marrying Biddy and leading an honest working life.

One day, a tall gentleman with a contemptuous expression on his face appeared at the Three Jolly Sailors tavern. Pip recognized him as one of Miss Havisham's guests. It was Jagger, a lawyer from London. He announced that he had an important mission to his cousin Joe Gargery: Pip was to inherit a considerable fortune on the condition that he immediately leave these places, leave his previous occupation and become a young man of great promise. In addition, he must keep the surname Pip and not try to find out who his benefactor is. Pip's heart beat faster, he could barely mutter words of agreement. He thought that Miss Havisham had decided to make him rich and unite him with Estella. Jagger said that Pip has a sum at his disposal that is enough for education and metropolitan life. As a future guardian, he advised him to seek guidance from Mr. Matthew Pocket. Pip also heard this name from Miss Havisham.

Having become rich, Pip ordered a fashionable suit, hat, gloves and was completely transformed. In a new guise, he paid a visit to his good fairy, who had accomplished (he thought) this wonderful transformation. She gladly accepted the boy's grateful words.

The day of parting has arrived. Leaving the village, Pip burst into tears at the road sign: “Farewell, my good friend!”, and in the stagecoach he thought how nice it would be to return to his native roof... But it’s too late. The time of first hopes has ended...

Pip settled into London surprisingly easily. He rented an apartment with Herbert Pocket, the son of his mentor, and took lessons from him. Having joined the Finches in the Grove club, he recklessly squandered his money, imitating his new friends in trying to spend as much as possible. His favorite pastime was compiling a list of debts “from Kobs, Lobs or Nobs.” That's when Pip feels like a first-class financier! Herbert trusts his business skills; he himself is only “looking around”, hoping to catch his luck in the City. Swirling in the whirlpool of London life, Pip is overtaken by the news of his sister's death.

Pip finally came of age. Now he has to manage his property himself, part with his guardian, of whose sharp mind and enormous authority he has more than once become convinced; even on the streets they sang: “Oh Jaggers, Jaggers, Jaggers, the most necessary humanggers!” On his birthday, Pip received five hundred pounds and the promise of the same amount annually for expenses “as a pledge of hope.” The first thing Pip wants to do is to contribute half of his annual allowance so that Herbert can work in a small company and then become a co-owner of it. For Pip himself, hopes for future achievements fully justify inaction.

One day, when Pip was alone in his home - Herbert had gone to Marseilles - suddenly there were footsteps on the stairs. A powerful gray-haired man entered; he did not need to take out filings or other evidence from his pocket - Pip instantly recognized that same escaped convict! The old man began to warmly thank Pip for the act committed sixteen years ago. During the conversation, it became clear that the source of Pip’s success was the fugitive’s money: “Yes, Pip, my dear boy, it was I who made a gentleman out of you!” It was as if a bright flash illuminated everything around - so many disappointments, humiliations, and dangers suddenly surrounded Pipa. So, Miss Havisham's intentions to raise him to Estella are just a figment of his imagination! This means that Blacksmith Joe was abandoned for the sake of the whim of this man, who risks being hanged for illegally returning to England from an eternal settlement... All hopes collapsed in an instant!

After the appearance of Abel Magwitch (that was the name of his benefactor), Pip, overwhelmed with anxiety, began to prepare to leave abroad. The disgust and horror experienced at the first moment were replaced in Pip's soul by a growing gratitude for this man. Magwitch was hidden in the house of Clara, Herbert's fiancée. From there it was possible to sail along the Thames unnoticed to the mouth and board a foreign steamer. From Magwitch's stories it was revealed that Compeson, the second convict caught on the swamps, was the dirty deceiver, Miss Havisham's fiancé, and he is still pursuing Magwitch. In addition, from various hints, Pip guessed that Magwitch was Estella’s father, and her mother was Jagger’s housekeeper, who was suspected of murder, but was acquitted through the efforts of a lawyer, and then Jagger took the baby to the rich, lonely Miss Havisham. Needless to say, Pip swore to keep this secret for the benefit of his beloved Estella, despite the fact that by that time she was already married to the scoundrel Drumle. Thinking about all this, Pip went to Miss Havisham to get a large sum of money for Herbert. As he was leaving, he looked back - her wedding dress had flared up like a torch! Pip, in despair, burning his hands, put out the fire. Miss Havisham survived, but, alas, not for long...

On the eve of his upcoming escape, Pip received a strange letter inviting him to a house on a swamp. He could not imagine that Orlik, who harbored a grudge, became Compeson’s henchman and lured Pip to take revenge on him - to kill him and burn him in a huge oven. It seemed that death was inevitable, but his faithful friend Herbert arrived in time to answer the cry. Now on the road! At first everything went well, only a chase appeared near the ship itself, and Magwitch was captured and convicted. He died of his wounds in the prison hospital before his execution, and his last moments were warmed by Pip's gratitude and the story of the fate of his daughter, who became a noble lady.

Eleven years have passed. Pip works in the eastern branch of the company with Herbert, finding peace and care in his friend's family. And here he is again in his native village, where he is met by Joe and Biddy, their son, named Pip, and baby daughter. But Pip hoped to see the one he never stopped dreaming about. There were rumors that she buried her husband... An unknown force draws Pip to an abandoned house. A female figure appeared in the fog. This is Estella! “Isn’t it strange that this house has united us again,” said Pip, took her hand, and they walked away from the gloomy ruins. The fog cleared. “Wide open spaces spread out before them, not darkened by the shadow of a new separation.”

Seven-year-old Pip was an orphan and was raised by his sister and her husband, the huge, but very kind and affectionate blacksmith Joe. Once at the cemetery he met an escaped convict and, fearing for his life, brings him food and sawdust. A little later, the stranger secretly showed him the file and handed him 2 pounds.

Pip began to visit Miss Havisham, an old woman who was abandoned by her groom on her wedding day and has been wearing a wedding dress for many years. The beautiful Estela visits her with Pip. The girl, under the guidance of Miss Havisham, takes revenge on all men for her, breaking their hearts. With the 25 guineas donated to Miss Havisham, Pip gets an apprenticeship to the blacksmith Joe, but now he does not like his craft, fearing that Estela will see him black from the soot at the anvil. Returning home, Pip sees his sister with a broken head, and sawn shackles lay nearby. He suspects the stranger who gave him 2 pounds and Joe Orlick's assistant. Biddy began to look after his sister, and she and Pip quickly got along and became friends.

One day, a solicitor from London, Jagger, whom Pip met at Miss Havisham’s house, announced that Pip had been bequeathed a huge fortune, but in order to receive it he must go to London and study. Matthew Pocket was appointed his mentor. Pip, having changed into a beautiful suit, went to Miss Havisham, thinking that it was she who had changed his fate. Miss Havisham accepted Pip's gratitude. Pip went to London in the hope that he could soon win the heart of the beautiful Estella. In London, Pip rents an apartment with his mentor's son Herbert, studies and spends money. His sister dies in his native village. On the day he came of age, Pip was given 500 pounds and a guarantee that the same amount would be transferred to him annually. Pip gave half of the amount to Herbert so that he could get a job in the company and become its co-owner.

When Pip was left alone, an elderly man came to him, whom Pip recognized as an escaped convict. It is he who supplies Pip with money for helping him 16 years ago. Pip is upset that it was not Miss Havisham who helped him. But Pip was grateful to Abel Magwitch, a former convict. Magwitch told his story and it turned out that the second convict with whom he escaped is still hunting for him and he is Miss Havisham’s ex-fiancé, and Magwitch himself is Estella’s father. Pip promised to keep everything secret for the sake of Estella's peace of mind, although she was already married. Pip helped prepare Magwitch's flight abroad. And everything went well, only Magwitch was captured right on the ship and he died from his wounds in the hospital at the prison, before he could see his trial.

After 11 years, Pip has become a successful man. He goes home, where blacksmith Joe and Biddy welcome him. They already have two kids. Pip goes to Miss Havisham's house, where he meets Estella. She is a widow. This house introduced them, and now united them forever.