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MAIN CHARACTERS
PHILIP PIRRIP, JR. (PIP) (HANDEL): the hero of our story
MRS. JOE GARGERY (GEORGIANA MARIA): Pip’s sister, who raises him
JOSEPH (JOE) GARGERY: a good-humored blacksmith that is married to Pip’s sister
ABEL MAGWITCH (PROVIS)(MR. CAMPBELL): an escaped convict Pip meets in the graveyard
BIDDY: the granddaughter of Mr. Wopsle’s great aunt
MISS HAVISHAM: a reclusive, grim, rich, eccentric woman
ESTELLA: Miss Havisham’s proud, pretty, adopted daughter
HERBERT POCKET: a boy that Pip meets on the Havisham estate, who later becomes his roommate, son of Matthew Pocket
MR. JAGGERS: a lawyer in London
MR. JOHN WEMMICK: The main clerk at Mr. Jaggers’ office
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