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 womans crowning glory. Catherine Havisham was born into privilege. Handsome imperious she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer & lives in luxury in Satis House. But she is never far from the smell of hops & the arresting letters on the brewhouse wall
- HAVISHAM. A reminder of all she owes to the family name & the family business. Sent by her father to stay with the Chadwycks Catherine discovers literature music & masquerades
- elegant pastimes to remove the taint of new money. But for all her growing sophistication Catherine is anything but worldly & when a charismatic stranger pays her attention everything
- her heart her future the very Havisham name
- is vulnerable. It is a masterly tribute to one of Dickens most celebrated & iconic characters.