Could the inspiration for the character of Miss Havisham in Dickens’ Great Expectations be lying in Camperdown Cemetery?

Over the past century a legend has developed that Eliza Emily Donnithorne, a recluse who loved books and birds, was in fact Dickens’ inspiration.

Did she suffer a humiliating jilting as a young woman? Or is that merely wishful thinking? Find out in our latest installment of Harbour City Stories.