Originating in the Victorian era, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations continues to be a huge success. Such a success, in fact, that it is being republished as it originally was (in installments), but now in digital format for reading on electronic devices. This coming-of-age novel was originally published in serial form in one of Dickens' first year-round publications in 1860 and 1861. We begin by meeting Philip Pirrip, more commonly known as "Pip", in a graveyard within the marshy village of Kent, England. Pip is a young boy - a six-year-old orphan to be more precise - who lives with his sister and her husband, called "Joe and Mrs. Joe" respectively. The novel is written as a first-person narrative and follows the main character Pip. The book is an example of Victorian era writing and this style shows in the writing. The novel was written for serialization and the effects of this can be seen by looking at how chapters and character plots are created. The plot almost jumps around in clusters of chapters while there are 3 specific breaks in the book. Once these styles have been noted they can be explained by the knowledge that the novel was written for serialization. Since the novel was written in monthly installments, the story written for that episode had to be able to stand on its own in a literary sense. Each installment had to capture the reader's attention without being too long, it had to advance the plot but not too much to ensure that the novel could be extended over the longest period possible to ensure maximum profit for both publishers. and author. This leads to groups of chapters that act as events in a person's life. One meeting leads to another in the next episode, while... half the newspaper... ld and ends when he was twenty. However, Pip still remains a child from the beginning until the end of the novel when he realizes how foolish he has been. Born into a poor family, Pip suddenly received large sums of money from his secret benefactor who wished him to become a gentleman. Then he follows his great expectations to London. He dresses up, goes to the pub and spends money to prove that he is a gentleman and impresses the girl of his dreams, Estella. Beyond that, he places himself higher than Joe and me - his best friend who helps his sister raise him and always protects him - and despises him. Pip actually grows up when he finds out who the benefactor is. After Joe pays off all of Pip's debt, Pip is ashamed of what he did to Joe and ultimately decides to start a better life over again. Compared to his chase expectations, this is an improvement in Pip's characteristics.