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Eliza Emily Donnithorne

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Eliza Emily Donnithorne

Birth
Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Death
20 May 1886 (aged 64)
Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Literary Figure. She is believed to be the inspiration for author Charles Dickens' character 'Miss Havisham' in the novel, Great Expectations. Jilted at the altar at the age of 26, she spent the last 40 years of her life as a recluse.
Literary Figure. She is believed to be the inspiration for author Charles Dickens' character 'Miss Havisham' in the novel, Great Expectations. Jilted at the altar at the age of 26, she spent the last 40 years of her life as a recluse.

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  • Added: Nov 8, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3946/eliza_emily-donnithorne: accessed ), memorial page for Eliza Emily Donnithorne (8 Jul 1821–20 May 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3946, citing Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Find a Grave.