A character in Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles
The village blacksmith married to Pip's sister, a gentle, good-natured man who is Pip's truest friend and protector.
Also known as: Joe, the blacksmith
Inside the story
Joe Gargery is the village blacksmith and the husband of Pip’s older sister, with whom Pip lives at the story’s outset. Gentle, good-natured, and patient, Joe treats Pip as a true friend and offers him steady protection in a difficult household.
A mild, powerfully built blacksmith with curls of flaxen hair on each side of a smooth face and undecided blue eyes; sooty from the forge, in a leather apron.
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