In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens created one character with too much money and too little sanity. Miss Havisham was the kind of wealthy goofball Dickens’ audiences could sneer at, and someone whose very existence would warn Pip of the dangers of class and wealth. And Dickens built a house for Miss Havisham, worthy of the woman’s delusions of grandeur. Let’s spend a full 60 seconds in Satis House, shall we? That’s all anyone should be forced to endure.
