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Herbert Pocket is far from a minor character in Great Expectations | Letters

Readers take issue with Herbert Pocket being deemed a ‘nobody’ in an article by Zoe WilliamsWell, Zoe Williams, I have heard of Herbert and so has anyone else who’s read Great Expectations (Think you know a lot about Dickens? Then who’s this Herbert character?, 28 May). Herbert Pocket is a relative of Miss Havisham who fights Pip and is beaten by him.When Pip comes into money, he lives with the Pocket family, aiming to acquire the manners and knowledge of a gentleman. Pip and Herbert share chambers as young men, and so Herbert becomes aware of the Magwitch secret. He helps Pip with the failed escape. Continue reading...

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