Eliza Emily Donnithorne Randolph Stow. Literature: Eliza Donnithorne features in the children's novel "I Am Susannah" by Libby Gleeson (Angus & Robertson, 1987). Performance art: "Eliza Donnithorne Doesn't Cry" by Zoe Mars was a karaoke installation at Camperdown Cemetery in 2012. Eliza Emily Donnithorne Eliza Emily Donnithorne (c.1826 – 1886) was an Australian woman best known as a possible inspiration for the character of Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' 1861 novel "Great Expectations". Eliza Donnithorne was born at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and spent her early childhood in Calcutta where her father, James Donnithorne, worked for the East India Company
Miss Havisham into Miss Havisham’s death. The opera gives her first name as "Aurelia". Miss Havisham is a major character in the comic detective/mystery series of novels featuring Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde. The stories are set in a fantasy/alternate universe milieu, in which characters borrowed from classic literature play a prominent role. Ronald Frame's 2013 novel, "Havisham", is a non-canonical story about Miss Havisham's early life. The story tells how Miss Havisham (given the name of Catherine) is the daughter of a brewer. The story tells of more than just the infamous trauma of being left behind by her fiancé and