Great Expectations Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 58 Summary

Chapter 58 Summary

Pip visits Satis and sees it has been divided into lots for an auction. He goes to the Blue Boar and finds Pumblechook there. Pumblechook has the nerve to characterize himself as his benefactor. Then Pip goes to visit Biddy at her school, but she is not there. He then goes to the forge and finds that Biddy is married to Joe. He quietly congratulates them, tells Joe he will be going abroad and will pay him back. He leaves England and becomes clerk at Clarriker and Company. Herbert goes to marry Clara and Pip is left in charge of the Eastern Branch. When she arrives, he lives with them and he pays his debts. Eventually, when Pip is about to be the third in the partnership, Clarriker tells Herbert what he did.

Chapter 58 Analysis

Now, Pip must face the reality of Havisham's estate being divided and the world of his childhood...
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