I personally preferred the revised chapter rather than the original one. This is because the original was not descriptive enough and covered a lot of ground in a very short space of time. In the published ending, Pip returns after eleven years to visit Biddy and Joe. Their son, little Pip, represents hope for the future and perhaps symbolizes Pip's change of heart. When Pip visits the ruins of Satis house, you cannot help thinking …showed first 75 words of 472 total…

…showed last 75 words of 472 total…already unlikely and that he was to do this in the evening, makes the whole thing sound ludicrous. I had an expectation from the moment that Estella was introduced into the book that her and Pip would eventually get together, the new ending makes this possible Great Expectations is a very tragic novel and to finish it with an even more tragic ending gives the reader no relief and no reward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Great Expectations