Final answer:
The statement is false; in Dickens' original ending for Great Expectations, Biddy and Joe do have children, although this detail was altered after Dickens was advised to change the ending. option 2 is correct
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement is false. In Charles Dickens' original ending for Great Expectations, Biddy and Joe do have children. Dickens was persuaded by a friend, the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, to change the initial ending of the novel.
Even though the final published ending does not explicitly state whether Biddy and Joe have children, it is implied in the original unrevised ending that they do.
The original ending focused more on Pip's acceptance of his life without Estella, while the revised one suggests a potential reunion between Pip and Estella. option 2 is correct