The Recluse

The RecluseAuthor: Evelyn Juers ISBN: 9781920882884 Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Year first published: 01 May 2012 Pages: Format: Paperback softback Evelyn Juers's study of reclusion focuses on Eliza Emily Donnithorne, long considered the model for Charles Dickens's character Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. For most of her life she lived in isolation in a large house in the inner Sydney suburb of Newtown. It was said that she had been jilted at the altar

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