Chapter 1
My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.Read in Books4Free →
Opening: Pip in the Churchyard
From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The novel opens with Pip explaining his name and introducing himself at his parents' graves, immediately establishing his orphaned status and first-person retrospective voice.
Chapter 1
Pip's vivid impression of the marshes, river, and the "small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry" — the foundational moment of self-consciousness.
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