Secret Sydney

Secret Sydney

The Eye of Re

The Eye of Re

Lost Expectations

The Story of the Real Miss Havisham

$24.99
ISBN
9781742571935

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By Alan Wardrope
Format Paperback / softback
Page Extent 222
Book Size 234 x 153 x 14 mm (H x W x D)
Imprint New Holland Publishers
Release Date 21 Nov 2011
Subject Classification Biography: general / Biography: historical, political & military

Did you know that the woman who may have inspired Charles Dickes' creation of Miss Haversham was a real person who lived in colonial Australia?

Everyone has heard of Charles Dickens? memorable novel Great Expectations. In it he created a character who became the well-known and enduring figure of English literature, Miss Haversham. It is generally accepted that the novel?s Miss Haversham was pivotal to its inspiration. However, there was a real Miss Haversham - her name was Eliza Emily Donnithorne and this book is her story. It is the story of a wealthy, aristocratic and privileged family whose heiress daughter was to become a jilted bride. She lived in self-imposed exile in a locked and shuttered mansion in Colonial Sydney. Eliza?s unlikely and tragic fate was to inspire Charles Dickens? Miss Haversham character for his classic novel.