Compeyson
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Compeyson was a character in Charles Dickens'
novel Great Expectations
who abandoned Miss Havisham
at the altar and also the man who got Abel Magwitch
arrested. He eventually died after being drowned by Magwitch.
Compeyson had a good education when he was a child. He eventually started his own business of forgery with a man called Arthur, Miss Havisham's half brother. They conspired against her. Compeyson fooled Miss Havisham into being deeply in love with him and as a result of this, he managed to get a lot of her money. He eventually got her to agree to buy the brewery Arthur inherited from his father. When the day of the marriage came, Compeyson left her a letter saying that he had left her. This destroyed Miss Havisham
and resulted in her laying waste of her house, Satis House
.
Abel Magwitch was a convict who worked under Compeyson. They were one day accused of felony
and resulted in their arrest. Magwitch got fourteen years and Compeyson only got seven.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
novel Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
who abandoned Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations . She is a wealthy spinster, who lives in her ruined mansion with her adopted daughter, Estella, whom she has sent to France, while she herself is described as looking like "the witch of the place."Although she...
at the altar and also the man who got Abel Magwitch
Abel Magwitch
Abel Magwitch is a fictional character from Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel Great Expectations.-Synopsis:Charles Dickens setted his character Abel Magwitch to meet a man called Compeyson at the Epsom Races. Compeyson, Dickens wrote, had been brought up in a boarding school and was a good-looking and...
arrested. He eventually died after being drowned by Magwitch.
Compeyson had a good education when he was a child. He eventually started his own business of forgery with a man called Arthur, Miss Havisham's half brother. They conspired against her. Compeyson fooled Miss Havisham into being deeply in love with him and as a result of this, he managed to get a lot of her money. He eventually got her to agree to buy the brewery Arthur inherited from his father. When the day of the marriage came, Compeyson left her a letter saying that he had left her. This destroyed Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations . She is a wealthy spinster, who lives in her ruined mansion with her adopted daughter, Estella, whom she has sent to France, while she herself is described as looking like "the witch of the place."Although she...
and resulted in her laying waste of her house, Satis House
Satis House
Satis House is a fictional estate in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.Satis House is the home of Miss Havisham, a rich woman, heiress to her father's fortune, who was abandoned by her intended husband on her wedding day...
.
Abel Magwitch was a convict who worked under Compeyson. They were one day accused of felony
Felony
A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...
and resulted in their arrest. Magwitch got fourteen years and Compeyson only got seven.