How, from a jolly, affectionate person she had become a harridan , constantly nagging at him to improve himself.

她是怎一个快活的，充满柔情的女人变成一个凶恶的悍妇，没完没了他抱怨，催他改善自己的境遇，。

This novel was writen in his later lifePip, a boy of the marshes, is being "raised by hand" by his shrieking harridan of an older sister and her seemingly doltish husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery.

本书介绍了匹普是个穷苦的乡下，泼辣的姐姐和诚实厚道的姐夫，铁匠乔抚养大。