My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.<\/p>\n
Great Expectations<\/em>, Charles Dickens<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n I had to read it at school and liked it then; I still like it now.\u00a0 There’s enough Gothic darkness and joyful resolution to satisfy me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens ***** I had to read it at school and liked it then; I still like it now.\u00a0 There’s enough Gothic darkness and joyful resolution to … <\/p>\n