What is it about Catherine Havisham that you remember the most from the classic Great Expectations? Is it all the clocks stuck on a specific time? The old decaying wedding dress?
Whatever it is about Miss Havisham, she haunts not only the novel but our memory long after reading Great Expectations.
Do you find yourself wondering what her life might have been like prior to being jilted at the alter? What might her back story have been? I know I thought about this the entire time I was reading Great Expectations.
In Ronald Frame’s novel, Havisham, we get a chance to see what Catherine Havisham’s life was like before she became the haunting figure we know so well.
Catherine Havisham was from ‘new money’. Her father did rather well with this brewery and provided some finery for his daughter. She is always aware that the Havisham names means something in her town.
1916 occupied France, a young artist named Edouard LeFevre, leaves his wife, Sophie, to fight in the Great War.
Seventeen year old Saira Elian’s life is a lonely one. Her mom tends to disappear randomly for weeks at a time and when she returns they often pack up and move to a new location.
he illegitimate son of King Charles II is nothing more than a treacherous rake with nothing to look forward to except war and whoring.
If you haven’t already had a chance to check out my review of His Last Mistress by Andrea Zuvich, then be sure to do so, it’s a quick read full of love and history!
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