Chapter 18
Jaggers announces Pip "will come into a handsome property" with the condition he keep the name Pip — the moment of false elevation.
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From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The titular "expectations" — both inherited fortune and self-deluding hope — are systematically dismantled to show that worth comes from love and labor, not status.
Chapter 19
Pip's departure from the forge: "the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me."
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