Havisham
By: Ronald Frame
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780571288281; 9780571288298
Subjects: Social conditions; Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Description: There was a delicate tracery of gold foil on the back of the dress. How strange that such a consummately made garment should be worn for this one day only. But, as every girl growing up understood, her wedding day was the most significant she would know: a woman's crowning glory. Catherine Havisham was born into privilege.