Miss Havisham

Miss Havisham, fictional character, a half-crazed, embittered jilted bride in Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations (1861).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
Citation Information
Article Title: Miss Havisham
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 07 October 2022
URL: https://www.britannica.comhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Miss-Havisham
Access Date: November 21, 2024