For "The Great American Read," Malcolm Jones writes movingly about how, just like Pip, he fell for Estella before realizing emulating Pip was not exactly what he was supposed to do:
I fell in love with Great Expectations for all the wrong reasons, but I was lucky,because I fell in love with a masterpiece written by a genius. When I returned to it later in life, I understood that because I had grown up a little in the meantime, I was now reading a different novel, a better novel, sadder than I’d realized the first time around, but richer and more rewarding.
Go here to read Jones's whole article, and go here to vote for Great Expectations in the "Great American Read" poll!
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