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Pip's first experience with urban England is a shock, for London is not the "soft white city" Pip imagined, but a place of heavy litter and filth. Pip moves into Barnard's Inn with Herbert Pocket, the son of his tutor, Matthew Pocket, who is Miss Havisham's cousin. Pip realizes Herbert is the boy he fought with years ago.
Pocket, Herbert the pale young man who fought Pip at Satis House, and becomes his roommate and close friend in London in Great Expectations. "Herbert Pocket had a frank and easy way with him that was very taking.
John Forrest (14 May 1931–28 March 2012) was an American-born British actor, artist and stage magician probably best remembered today for playing the young Herbert Pocket in the film Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean. [1] [2]
Herbert Pocket suggests Pip join the firm where he works, in an office in Cairo. Pip starts as a clerk. Herbert marries his fiancee Clara Pocket, and Pip lives with them. There is irony in this, as Pip used his gift at age 21 of 500 pounds to engage Herbert with the new firm, despite the fact he was being dogged by creditors.
Great Expectations is a 1946 British drama film directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills and Valerie Hobson. The supporting cast included Bernard Miles , Francis L. Sullivan , Anthony Wager , Jean Simmons , Finlay Currie , Martita Hunt and Alec Guinness .
Great Expectations is a 1981 BBC drama serial based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens. [1] ... Tim Munro - Herbert Pocket; Linal Haft - Orlick; Peter Whitbread ...
Great Expectations is a British-American television serial based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel of the same title. ... Adam Blackwood as Herbert Pocket, ...
Great Expectations is a 1999 television film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the ... Daniel Evans as Herbert Pocket Laurence Dobiesz as Young Herbert;