Miss Havisham
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Miss Havisham is a character in Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations. She is a wealthy spinster, once jilted at the altar, who insists on wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life.
Miss Havisham, by Harry Furniss
"It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!" – Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham with Estella and Pip (H. M. Brock)
Estella (Great Expectations)
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Estella Havisham is a significant character in Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations.
Miss Havisham
…once jilted at the altar, who insists on wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life. She lives in a ruined mansion with her adopted daughter, Estella. Dickens describes her as looking like "the witch of the place". In the novel, she schemes to have the young orphan, Pip, fall in love with Estella…
Estella and Pip. Art by F. A. Fraser.
Pip and Estella's meeting at the end of Great Expectations; engraving by Marcus Stone