# Mr. Matthew Pocket — Great Expectations character guide

> Mr. Matthew Pocket in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Matthew, Mr. Matthew Pocket, young Mr. Pocket, Mr. Pocket

**First appearance:** 0022-xxiii

## Who they are

Herbert's father and Pip's tutor, a gentle scholar married to a foolish woman.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxii)

Herbert mentions his father, Matthew Pocket, who warned Miss Havisham against her fiancé and was subsequently banished from her house.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxiii)

Educated at Harrow and Cambridge, now a tutor; shows a comic habit of trying to lift himself by his hair when distressed.

### [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxiv)

Mr. Pocket becomes Pip's tutor, arranging his studies and placing himself on confidential terms with him.

### [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Mr. Pocket is mentioned as growing grayer and struggling with his own perplexities.

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