Charles Dickens
Great Expectations: locations
Kent
- Kent marshesScene
The bleak marsh country of Pip's childhood, where he encounters the escaped convict Magwitch and later witnesses the recapture of Magwitch and Compeyson.
- Pip's villageScene
The unnamed Kent village where Pip grows up with Joe and Mrs. Joe; its principal locations include the forge, church, school, and Three Jolly Bargemen.
- Village churchyardScene
Pip first meets Magwitch among his family's graves and secretly brings him food and a file.
- Joe's forgeScene
Pip's childhood home and workplace, where Joe Gargery practices his trade and Pip begins his apprenticeship.
- Satis HouseScene
Miss Havisham's decaying mansion, where Pip meets Estella and develops the hopes and delusions that shape his life.
- The Three Jolly BargemenScene
The village public house frequented by Joe, Mr. Wopsle, and others; Pip later meets the mysterious stranger who displays Magwitch's file.
- The Blue BoarScene
An inn in the unnamed market town where Pip stays during later visits to his native district.
- The sluice-house on the marshesScene
A ruined waterside shelter where Orlick imprisons Pip and prepares to murder him before Herbert and others intervene.
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