Chapter 1

           Myfather’sfamilynamebeingPirrip,andmyChristiannamePhilip,myinfanttonguecouldmakeofbothnamesnothinglongerormoreexplicitthanPip.So,IcalledmyselfPip,andcametobecalledPip.

           IgivePirripasmyfather’sfamilyname,ontheauthorityofhistombstoneandmysisterMrs.JoeGargery,whomarriedtheblacksmith.AsIneversawmyfatherormymother,andneversawanylikenessofeitherofthem(fortheirdayswerelongbeforethedaysofphotographs),myfirstfanciesregardingwhattheywerelikewereunreasonablyderivedfromtheirtombstones.Theshapeofthelettersonmyfather’s,gavemeanoddideathathewasasquare,stout,darkman,withcurlyblackhair.Fromthecharacterandturnoftheinscription,"AlsoGeorgianaWifeoftheAbove,"Idrewachildishconclusionthatmymotherwasfreckledandsickly.Tofivelittlestonelozenges,eachaboutafootandahalflong,whichwerearrangedinaneatrowbesidetheirgrave,andweresacredtothememoryoffivelittlebrothersofminewhogaveuptryingtogetaliving,exceedinglyearlyinthatuniversalstruggleIamindebtedforabeliefIreligiouslyentertainedthattheyhadallbeenbornontheirbackswiththeirhandsintheirtrousers-pockets,andhadnevertakenthemoutinthisstateofexistence.

           Ourswasthemarshcountry,downbytheriver,within,astheriverwound,twentymilesofthesea.

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