有天在ins上浏览，看到这样一句话：
You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first came here, the rough common boy whose poor heart you wounded even then.
细查，原来出自狄更斯之手，来源于他的长篇小说《Great Expectations》，当时就想着一定要找这本书来读一读。
Ins博主@talesbytheshire 说：
My love for Dickens is so big, but so impossible to put into words. You have to dive into his writing and in his stories, meet his characters, and live the lives he creates to understand his magic.
Great Expectations was my first Dickens novel and has become a pillar, part of my life, a companion through my journey in the midst of this stormy sea I call life. I put all of myself into its pages, knowing that whenever I need it, Pip and his friends will always be there to welcome me.
她的这段话直接勾起了我想要立即阅读《Great Expectations》的冲动。中文译名《远大前程》和Ins博主的那段话给了我很大的误导，以为是出身贫寒的主人公奋发努力，从而获得远大前程，在奋斗的过程中结识了一群温暖的朋友，最后取得事业成功的故事，结果却是匹普的黄粱一梦的人生故事。
前三分之二不大有趣，总感觉“篇幅亢长，情节拖沓”，笼罩着一层雾，整个氛围很是压抑，灰暗得一如郝薇香小姐的那间小屋，透不进一缕新鲜空气，照不进一丝阳光，一度有点读不下去的感觉。
幸而博主的那段话一直在我的脑海徘徊，尤其是“ I put all of myself into its pages, knowing that whenever I need it, Pip and his friends will always be there to welcome me”这句话给了我极大的引力，急切的想要探寻这本书到底拥有怎样的魔力？
一周的时间，我时而听，时而读，总算是把这本书啃完了（此处，我用啃字真的不为过）。在读到“匹普的远大前程第一阶段到此结束”时我是准备弃书的，后来找到了听书版的，便又硬着头皮往下听了，听到动容处便去翻阅电子书，断断续续把第二阶段读完后，一口气读完了第三阶段。
第三阶段异常精彩，所有的人、事、物慢慢交织到一起。至此，我要收回前面的“啃”字，之所以被纳入名著行列肯定是有它的过人之处的。不得不佩服作者的文字魔力——不浪费任何一个出场人物，不浪费任何一处场景。
末尾，夜雾散处，月华皎洁，静穆寥廓，再也看不见幢幢幽影，我们再也不会分离。
The evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.
有一种蓦然回首，尘埃落定，万籁俱寂之感，想起了李清照的一首诗：
风往尘香花已尽，日晚倦梳头，物是人非事事休，欲语泪先流。
曲终人散皆是梦，繁华落尽一场空。不乱于心，不困于情，不畏将来，不念过往，如此，安好。
匹普不是一个十恶不赦的坏人，也不是一个完美无瑕的好人，他有坚持的善念，却也曾误入歧途，在大起大落之后，找回真实的自己。他说：
I have forgotten nothing in my life that ever had a foremost place there, and little that ever had any place there. But that poor dream, as I once used to call it, has all gone by.
正如：
天空没有留下翅膀的痕迹，但我已经飞过。
人生不正是如此嘛！面对诱惑重围，不惜头破血流也要追求所谓的远大前程。阅尽千帆，方知港湾里的平静是最美的风景；走遍万水千山，方知门前的山岗正是梦里依稀的蓬莱；历经七情六欲，沉沦超脱，或许直到生命的尽头，才会真正停下脚步，思考我是谁？我想要的究竟是什么？
每个人都像是匹普，希望每个人身边都有一个温暖的乔，希望每个人都如乔一般温暖，如山间清爽的风，如古城温暖的光。祝福每个人，即便出走半生，归来仍是少年。
