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.

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Article Title: Miss Havisham

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 07 October 2022

Access Date: April 20, 2025