Where these words come from
- 92% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Great Expectations (1861), Ch. 19 — Pip's own reflection as he leaves his village for London.
- Great Expectations
- 1861 · the finger-post at the edge of Pip's home village, Kent · Pip cries as he leaves home for his new life and realizes it's all right to feel it
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