A character in Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
A desperate escaped convict Pip encounters and secretly feeds on the marshes as a boy; the terrifying man with the leg-iron who never forgets the child's kindness.
Also known as: Provis, the convict, the man, my convict
Inside the story
Abel Magwitch is a desperate escaped convict hiding on the marshes, still wearing a leg iron when the young Pip encounters him. Frightening and hungry, he relies on the child's secret help and does not forget Pip's kindness.
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