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Originally Posted by pensive pam

I like Great Expectations...a wonderful book. In the end, Pip does not get/win Estella. She spurns him; and crushed his heart like a grape. No unrealistsic Hollywood ending. That is why it is a great book. I remember reading it in my Honors English class. While every1 was sad at the ending; I cheered.

I didn't like being forced to read Great Expectations, but I have to admit it was a really good book.

Years later, my wife and I were visiting a friend of hers, and it was really weird. This friend was acting odd, and she left the lights off, and it was all messy, but in a precise way, in her apartment. As we walked to the car afterwards, I mentioned that this friend reminded me a lot of Mrs. Havisham. My wife agreed enthusiastically, even though we had never spoken about Great Expectations. I didn't even know she had read it.

We still refer to that friend as Mrs Havisham.