Estella (Great Expectations) Estella (Great Expectations) Estella Havisham (best known in literature simply as Estella) is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel, "Great Expectations". Like the protagonist, Pip, Estella is introduced as an orphan, but where Pip was raised by his sister and her husband to become a blacksmith, Estella was adopted and raised by the wealthy and eccentric Miss Havisham to become a lady. Pip and Estella meet when he is brought to Miss Havisham's ill-kept mansion, Satis House, ostensibly to satisfy the elder Miss Havisham's "sick fancy" to be entertained by watching Pip and Estella play together. It is
In Her Shoes (novel) wedding dress for her. The novel is character driven and it follows each one closely - giving the reader a view of what exactly is going on in their minds. "In Her Shoes" (2005) is a film directed by Curtis Hanson with an adapted screenplay by Susannah Grant. It stars Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine. In Her Shoes (novel) In Her Shoes (2002) is a work of Jewish American literature by Jennifer Weiner. It tells the story of two sisters and their estranged grandmother. The novel was a "New York Times" bestseller. The two sisters happen to wear