Great Expectations, Barnaby Rudge & Oliver Twist

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On Christmas Eve, 1812, seven-year-old orphan Pip encounters an escaped convict in a churchyard while visiting his family's graves. Living with his abusive sister and her kind husband, Joe Gargery, a blacksmith, Pip is coerced into stealing food and a file for the convict. On Christmas morning, he returns with the stolen items, but soldiers soon arrive to capture the convict, who confesses to stealing from Joe's smithy. A year later, wealthy recluse Miss Havisham requests a boy to visit her, leading Pip to fall in love with her adopted daughter, Estella, who remains cold and distant. Pip continues visiting Miss Havisham until he is old enough to become an apprentice blacksmith. During his last visit, she provides funds for his apprenticeship, while Joe's envious assistant, Dolge Orlick, harbors resentment towards Pip and Mrs. Joe. When Mrs. Joe is brutally attacked, Orlick becomes a suspect, and she later becomes kinder. Biddy, a former schoolmate, joins the household to assist in her care. In a separate narrative set in 1775, John Willet and his friends gather at the Maypole Inn, where a local tale of murder unfolds. Reuben Haredale's murder, which occurred 22 years prior, casts suspicion on his missing gardener and steward. Joe Willet, unhappy with his father's treatment, leaves to join the army after saying goodbye to his love, Dolly Varden. Meanwhile, Edward Chester, in love with Emma Haredale, faces opposition from bot