The Dickens Library

Great Expectations Chapter XVII


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In which we are taken gently into the rhythms of apprenticeship and the familiar yet spectral world of Miss Havisham’s house, where time seems to pause amid faded grandeur and silent clocks. Amidst wistful reflections and heartfelt confidences by the riverside, the young narrator wrestles with his desires and discontents, finding in Biddy a steady, thoughtful companion whose plain goodness contrasts with his own restless yearnings.
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The Dickens LibraryBy Charles Dickens