Chapter 29
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.Read in Books4Free →
Pip's Love for Estella
From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Pip's hopeless love for Estella is figured as compulsion, masochism, and self-deception — the engine of his ambition and his ruin.
Chapter 44
Pip's declaration to Estella before her marriage to Drummle: "You are part of my existence, part of myself."
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Estella warns Pip she has no heart — "I have no softness there, no — sympathy — sentiment — nonsense."
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