Miss Havisham, a character in the Charles Dickens novel ''Great Expectations'' at the Deventer Dickens Festival, Netherlands.
Close-up portrait of a lady posing as Miss Havisham, a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel ''Great Expectations,'' at the annual Dickens Festival, in Deventer, Overijjsel, The Netherlands. ( December 17, 2016 ). Miss Havisham is a wealthy spinster who lives in her ruined mansion, Satis House, with her adopted daughter, Estella. Dickens describes her as looking like "the witch of the place". She is said to look like a cross between a waxwork and a skeleton, with moving eyes.
Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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