# Great Expectations — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/i.md): Pip introduces himself and his family background, describing his early impressions of the marsh country and churchyard. While visiting his parents' graves, he is accosted by an escaped convict who threatens him and deman
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/ii.md): Pip struggles with guilt and fear after his encounter with the convict, hiding his stolen bread and butter down his leg while enduring his sister's harsh treatment. During Christmas Eve dinner, Joe notices Pip's odd beha
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/iii.md): On a damp, misty morning, Pip returns to the marshes to bring food and a file to the convict he met in the churchyard. Along the way, he mistakes a second escaped convict for the first, but eventually finds the right man
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/iv.md): Pip endures a tense Christmas dinner with his family and guests, haunted by guilt over stealing from Mrs. Joe. The meal is filled with moralizing speeches and veiled accusations, culminating in Pip's secret act of puttin
- [The Soldiers at the Forge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/v.md): A file of soldiers arrives at the Gargery home, led by a sergeant who requests Joe's help to repair a lock on a handcuff. The soldiers are pursuing two escaped convicts on the marshes. Pip is in agony, fearing his theft 

> 54 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=great_expectations_se_943kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Stranger at the Jolly Bargemen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [Great Expectations Are Revealed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Pip Arrives in London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [Chapter XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Pip's Return to the Blue Boar and Revelations with Herbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [Chapter XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [Chapter XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [Chapter XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [Chapter XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [Chapter XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [Chapter XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [Chapter XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xlv.md)
- [Chapter XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xlvi.md)
- [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xlvii.md)
- [Chapter XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xlviii.md)
- [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xlix.md)
- [Chapter L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/l.md)
- [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/li.md)
- [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/lii.md)
- [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/liii.md)
- [The Flight Down the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/liv.md)
- [LV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/lv.md)
- [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/lvi.md)
- [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/lvii.md)
- [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/lviii.md)
- [LIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/lix.md)

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