Great Expectations, Chapter 7 — streszczenie

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1. Pip describes his small jobs and his difficult progress in reading, writing, and arithmetic, helped especially by Biddy.
2. A letter Pip writes to Joe reveals how little Joe can read and prompts him to explain his childhood.
3. Joe describes his father’s violence, his mother’s suffering, and his wish to spare women further hardship.
4. Pip embraces Joe and begins to regard him with deeper respect.
5. Mrs. Joe and Uncle Pumblechook return with news that Miss Havisham wants Pip to come and play.
6. After a rough washing and a change of clothes, Pip leaves with Pumblechook to stay overnight before the visit.

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Joe turns Pip’s request to overlook him into an assurance of care. His account of welcoming Pip into the household moves Pip to tears.

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