“That girl’s hard and haughty and capricious to the last degree, and has been brought up by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on all the male sex.”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 22. Herbert Pocket reveals to Pip that Miss Havisham has brought up her adopted daughter Estella to exact revenge on all men. Cousin to Miss Havisham, Herbert is Pip’s new roommate in London.