# Miss Havisham — Great Expectations character guide

> Miss Havisham in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Havisham

**First appearance:** 0008-ix

## Who they are

Wealthy, reclusive spinster who was jilted on her wedding day and manipulates Pip and Estella.

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