flavorpill:

Miss Havisham, Great Expectations

The wrathful, ghostlike Miss Havisham has always been one of our favorites. Abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by a man who was only after her money, Miss Havisham had all the clocks stopped at the moment she learned of her betrayal, and continued living in her wedding dress, with only one shoe on. She adopts Estella and raises her to be cruel and heartless — at first in a genuine effort to save the girl from her own fate, and then as a sort of vicarious revenge. Though she’s not a heroine by any means, we find her decayed state of mind and house delightfully creepy, and her story rather heartbreaking.

In honor of his birthday: the best Charles Dickens characters of all time 

1. iamawatercolor reblogged this from flavorpill and added:

   I’m so excited for this.

2. together12up liked this
3. bicyclegoto84 liked this
4. birzin-geepeki reblogged this from flavorpill
5. hold-a-wolfs-ears reblogged this from thelifeofanniebanks
6. masterpieceinchaos reblogged this from flavorpill and added:

   Miss Havisham is one of literature’s most tragic characters, much like Ophelia.

7. thelifeofanniebanks reblogged this from clayray3290
8. clayray3290 reblogged this from flavorpill
9. j-in-j-land liked this
10. bodilyvessels reblogged this from flavorpill
11. electrifyingly-deceiving reblogged this from flavorpill
12. annieeepham liked this
13. happijack liked this
14. randomberlinchick liked this
15. brightsmokecoldfire reblogged this from flavorpill
16. lesexeoppose reblogged this from flavorpill
17. stainetz liked this
18. itlaideggs reblogged this from flavorpill
19. laregina liked this
20. beruwhitesunlars liked this
21. theloneranger reblogged this from flavorpill
22. hmhbooks reblogged this from flavorpill
23. writermind reblogged this from flavorpill
24. floriegray liked this
25. xombiewoof liked this
26. ihopetheytasteofme liked this
27. skyholic reblogged this from flavorpill
28. skyholic liked this
29. beatinglikeamothswings liked this
30. misstph liked this
31. rumorcontrol liked this
32. nonamenoslogan liked this
33. nonamenoslogan reblogged this from flavorpill
34. recklessam liked this
35. mercurylamp liked this
36. clutteredandcontagious liked this
37. hueco reblogged this from flavorpill
38. caoxxbella liked this
39. castles-of-air liked this
40. mokkity liked this
41. everythingsuchas liked this
42. whatifcatscouldbevampires reblogged this from flavorpill
43. royalmeadow liked this
44. darksilenceinsuburbia liked this
45. crimble-crumble reblogged this from flavorpill
46. allwhiteandgolden reblogged this from flavorpill
47. crimble-crumble liked this
48. brightest-star-in-black liked this
49. realistic-optimist liked this
50. tastefulgoodgirl1517 liked this
51. Show more notesLoading...