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1 Pip meets a stranger 1 2 Catching a convict 11 3 An opportunity for Pip 19 4 A present from a stranger 35 5 Pip’s sister is attacked 48 6 Great expectations 58 7 Pip arrives in London 68 8 Visiting Mr Wemmick and Mr Jaggers 76 9 A visit from Joe 83 10 Pip and Herbert talk about love 90 11 Pip attends a burial 93 12 Pip discovers the truth 99 13 Planning Magwitch’s future and hearing about his past 106 14 Pip visits Estella and Miss Havisham again 113 15 Shelter for Magwitch 118 16 Miss Havisham realises how Pip has suffered 123 17 Pip is close to death 127 18 The end of Magwitch’s story 132 19 A wedding 139 ACTIVITIES 145