Estella Havisham (best known in literature simply as Estella) is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.
Like the protagonist, Pip, Estella is introduced as an orphan, but where Pip was raised by his sister and her husband to become a blacksmith, Estella was adopted and raised by the wealthy and eccentric Miss Havisham to become a lady.
Pip and Estella meet as children, when he is brought to Miss Havisham's crumbl...
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Estella Havisham (best known in literature simply as Estella) is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.
Like the protagonist, Pip, Estella is introduced as an orphan, but where Pip was raised by his sister and her husband to become a blacksmith, Estella was adopted and raised by the wealthy and eccentric Miss Havisham to become a lady.
Pip and Estella meet as children, when he is brought to Miss Havisham's crumbling estate, Satis House, ostensibly to satisfy the elder Miss Havisham's "sick fancy" to be entertained by watching Pip have his heart broken by Estella.
Pip is fascinated with the lovely Estella, though her heart is as cold as ice. Aside from the evident romantic interest, which continues through much of the story, Pip's meeting with Estella marks a turning point in his young life: her beauty, grace, and prospects represent the opposite of Pip's humble existence. Estella criticizes Pip's honest but "coarse" ways, and from that point on, Pip...
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