PublishedNew Holland, September 2011 |
ISBN9781742571935 |
FormatSoftcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.3cm |
Everyone has heard of Charles Dickens's 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.
