As he and Estella are playing cards, Estella makes mention of his lower class features: "'He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy!' ... Jaggers, a prominent London lawyer who represents Pip's benefactor, the idea that he is getting the opportunity to become a gentleman and to live as a wealthy young man swells his ego tremendously and he becomes all-consumed by this new development. ... He no longer recognized the fact that Joe was a friend and someone who cared for him very much and only cared about the image that would be seen to outsiders if Joe were to walk with Pip to the carr...

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During Pip's first meeting with Estella, they play cards and she states, "He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy! ... Pip learns that he is endowed to a fortune, which will lead him to London to become a gentleman. ... Pip is instructed to buy new clothes for his stay in London, which makes Pip very excited. ... After Pip settles into London with his new friend Herbert, his expectations of marrying Estella increase and he becomes more selfish. ... He receives a letter indicating from Biddy that Joe is coming to London. ...

• Word Count: 2287
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The setting for "The Man With The Twisted Lip" is the streets of London but unlike the other writers Doyle's story changes location to include the range a contrasting situations for the main character. ... It has the streets of East London as its setting, where Jack the Ripper committed a series of brutal murders and was not caught for a long time. ... I got the impression that the narrator knows the streets of the East End of London very well, where there is "a slop shop" and " a gin shop" along an "endless succession of sombre and deserted streets". ... The description of the river as "...

• Word Count: 2158
• Approx Pages: 9