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I know, although my maturity has yet to be developed, that this book has an ever long impression on everyone whose hands it graces. In me this bildungsroman has brewed new thoughts, new feelings, most of all new doubts. The impression left on me is not that of one jumping on a matress and a temporary indention being made, but rather, lets say, a severe scare on one's skin. I do disagree with those who claim the book has stolid emotion, and pure grandilaquence, though it portraits deeper meaning. Known himself as a literary genious, I love the unforgetable characters Dickens portraits. But readers must relize that the book is not about the love between Pip and Estella, Its more about Pip's undying determination to be Estella. If he had not been paid by the word to write at the time, if Dickens could rewrite, although its perfectly beautiful as is, this wonderful story without the distress of staying out of debt, those of you who feel contrary may feel otherwise. This comes from a 9th English student, with a simple opinion.