Great Expectations Chapter XXXIV

In which we observe the narrator’s growing discomfort with the impact of his new circumstances on himself and those dear to him, and witness the rather comical yet sorrowful machinations he and his friend undertake to grapple with their financial predicaments. Amidst such pen-and-ink reckonings, a sombre message arrives, reminding us of the inescapable realities that life, in its turn, imposes upon us all.