Great Expectations

Emaxhaphozini ambozwe yinkungu e-Kent, uPip osemncane ukhula ngaphansi kokunakekelwa udadewabo ongavumelani nomyeni wakhe onenhliziyo enomusa, umkhandi wensimbi uJoe Gargery. Ukuphila kwakhe okuthobekile kuthatha inguquko engalindelekile lapho ehlangana nesiboshwa eseqile esibizwa ngokuthi u-Abel Magwitch ngenkathi evakashele amathuna amalungu omndeni wakhe. Isenzo sikaPip somusa—ukuletha ukudla kanye nefayela kumbaleki ophelelwe yithemba—siqala uchungechunge lwezenzakalo ezizololonga ikusasa lakhe.

Kodwa impilo kaPip iyashintsha ngempela lapho ebizelwa e-Satis House esabekayo, ekhaya likaMiss Havisham ongaqondakali futhi ohlanya. U-Miss Havisham owake waba muhle, owajikijela e-altare eminyakeni edlule, manje uhlala ekulileni okungapheli, ingubo yakhe yomshado ibola emzimbeni wakhe obolayo. UPip ubhajwa kuwebhu yakhe yokucasuka nokuthatheka. Uhlala noMiss Havisham yindodakazi yakhe yokutholwa, u-Estella othakazelisayo noyindida. U-Miss Havisham ukhulisa u-Estella ukuze ahlukumeze amadoda ngobuhle bakhe, futhi uPip, naphezu kokuqapha kwakhe kwasekuqaleni, umthanda ngokujulile.

Njengoba uPip elwa nemizwa yakhe ngo-Estella, uba namahloni kakhulu ngemvelaphi yakhe ethobekile. Izifiso zakhe ziyakhula—ufisa ukuba umnumzane, ekholelwa ukuthi lolu shintsho luzoyizuza inhliziyo ka-Estella. Nokho, ukudalelwa kuthatha ijika elingalindelekile. Esikhundleni sempilo ye-genteel ayicabangayo, uPip uba ngumfundi kaJoe, umkhandi wensimbi owamkhulisa.

Faka ummeli oyimpicabadala uMnu. Jaggers, oveza ukuthi umzuzi ongaziwa unikele ngemali yokufunda kaPip eLondon. UPip ucabanga ukuthi nguMiss Havisham, ongakuqinisekisi noma akuphikise ukucabanga kwakhe. Edolobheni elimatasatasa, uPip ufunda izindlela zesigaba esiphezulu ngaphansi kokufundiswa kukaMatthew Pocket nendodana yakhe uHerbert. Eceleni kwemfundo yakhe, uPip uzulazula enkingeni yobuholi bezenhlalo, uthando olungafanelekile, nemiphumela yokuziphatha yezenzo zakhe.

"Okulindelwe Okukhulu" kulandisa ngokukhula kukaPip, ukuphishekela kwakhe uthando, kanye nesifiso sakhe sokuzitholela yena. U-Dickens uqamba ngobuciko indaba ehlolisisa ubunkimbinkimbi bokubaluleka komuntu, umthelela wesigaba senhlalo, kanye nokukhetha okulolonga izimpilo zethu. Ngohambo lukaPip, abafundi bahlola isifiso sokuvelela, ukukhaphela, namandla ahlala njalo okulindelekile.

Le noveli engaphelelwa isikhathi, eyaqala ukushicilelwa okokuqala ku-All the Year Round ngo-1860-61 futhi kamuva yakhishwa njengencwadi ngo-1861, isalokhu ingenye yempumelelo enkulu kaCharles Dickens ebucayi nedumile. Izinhlamvu zayo ezicacile, izilungiselelo ezithusayo, kanye nokuhlola isimo somuntu kuyaqhubeka kudonsa abafundi ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
Ukufundwa kwencwadi okungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi