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1、GREATEXPECTATIONS[1867Edition]byCharlesDickensPreparedandPublishedby:EbdE-BooksDirectory.comChapterIMyfather'sfamilynamebeingPirrip,andmyChristiannamePhilip,myinfanttonguecouldmakeofbothnamesnothinglongerormoreexplicitthanPip.So,IcalledmyselfPip,andcametobecalledPip
2、.IgivePirripasmyfather'sfamilyname,ontheauthorityofhistombstoneandmysister,—Mrs.JoeGargery,whomarriedtheblacksmith.AsIneversawmyfatherormymother,andneversawanylikenessofeitherofthem(fortheirdayswerelongbeforethedaysofphotographs),myfirstfanciesregardingwhattheywerel
3、ikewereunreasonablyderivedfromtheirtombstones.Theshapeofthelettersonmyfather's,gavemeanoddideathathewasasquare,stout,darkman,withcurlyblackhair.Fromthecharacterandturnoftheinscription,"AlsoGeorgianaWifeoftheAbove,"Idrewachildishconclusionthatmymotherwasfreckledandsi
4、ckly.Tofivelittlestonelozenges,eachaboutafootandahalflong,whichwerearrangedinaneatrowbesidetheirgrave,andweresacredtothememoryoffivelittlebrothersofmine,—whogaveuptryingtogetaliving,exceedinglyearlyinthatuniversalstruggle,—IamindebtedforabeliefIreligiouslyentertaine
5、dthattheyhadallbeenbornontheirbackswiththeirhandsintheirtrousers-pockets,andhadnevertakenthemoutinthisstateofexistence.Ourswasthemarshcountry,downbytheriver,within,astheriverwound,twentymilesofthesea.Myfirstmostvividandbroadimpressionoftheidentityofthingsseemstometo
6、havebeengainedonamemorablerawafternoontowardsevening.AtsuchatimeIfoundoutforcertainthatthisbleakplaceovergrownwithnettleswasthechurchyard;andthatPhilipPirrip,lateofthisparish,andalsoGeorgianawifeoftheabove,weredeadandburied;andthatAlexander,Bartholomew,Abraham,Tobia
7、s,andRoger,infantchildrenoftheaforesaid,werealsodeadandburied;andthatthedarkflatwildernessbeyondthechurchyard,intersectedwithdikesandmoundsandgates,withscatteredcattlefeedingonit,wasthemarshes;andthatthelowleadenlinebeyondwastheriver;andthatthedistantsavagelairfromw
8、hichthewindwasrushingwasthesea;andthatthesmallbundleofshiversgrowingafraidofitallandbeginningtocry,wasPip."Holdyournoise!"criedaterriblevo
