Dickensian (TV series) window in "Scrooge", the most famous and acclaimed film-adaptation of "A Christmas Carol". Episode 19: The picture Bumble hangs in the workhouse is of Josiah Bounderby, one of the major characters in "Hard Times". One of the school trustees is Mrs Tisher, a character from "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Amelia Havisham gazes at her wedding dress in the mirror—the same dress she will remain in throughout "Great Expectations", in a mad, obsessive reminder of Compeyson's betrayal of her; one day, the dress catches fire, Miss Havisham suffers severe burns, and she dies some weeks later. Episode 20: In an
Miss Pross Miss Pross Miss Pross is a character in Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities". Miss Pross is Lucie Manette's no-nonsense governess and friend. She accompanies Lucie to Dover when Lucie goes to France to retrieve her father, Dr. Alexandre Manette, after his release from the Bastille, but her stout English patriotism causes her to stay in England. She is Lucie's constant companion accompanying her to the trial of Charles Darnay, to church, to just about everything. She is Lucie's shadow and protector, and overcomes her dislike of everything not English to accompany Lucie to France when her husband