novel by Charles Dickens (1812–1870), which first appeared in All the Year Round in 1860–61, and in book form (three volumes) in 1861. While living with his abusive sister and her genial husband, the novel’s protagonist Pip Pirrip briefly encounters and assists an escaped convict, Abel Magwitch. When the boy is summoned to the mysterious Satis House by reclusive Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her cold-hearted ward, Estella.