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Miss Havisham: character portrait from Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)

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Miss Havisham

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

A wealthy, reclusive spinster jilted on her wedding day who has stopped all the clocks and lives in decay, raising Estella to break men's hearts.

Also known as: the faded spectre

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Miss Havisham is a wealthy, reclusive spinster who was jilted on her wedding day. She lives in a decaying house where the clocks have stopped, and raises Estella according to her bitter view of love and men.

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