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'The middle and latter portion of The Professor is as good as I can write. It contains more pith, more substance, more reality, in my judgment, than much of Jane Eyre.' - Charlotte Bront
The Professor was the first novel that Charlotte Bront completed. Rejected by the publisher who took on the work of her sisters in 1846--Anne's Agnes Grey and Emily's Wuthering Heights--it remained unpublished until 1857, two years after Charlotte Bront 's death. Like Villette (1853), The Professor is based on her experiences as a language student in Brussels in 1842. Told from the point of view of William Crimsworth, the only male narrator that she used, the work formulated a new aesthetic that questioned many of the presuppositions of Victorian society. Bront 's hero escapes from a humiliating clerkship in a Yorkshire mill to find work as aThe hero of Charlotte Bront�'s first novel escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. There, however, his entanglement with the sensuous but manipulative Zora�de Reuter, complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher and
'The middle and latter portion of The Professor is as good as I can write. It contains more pith, more substance, more reality, in my judgment, than much of Jane Eyre.' - Charlotte Bront The Professor was the first novel that Charlotte Bront completed. Rejected by the publisher who took on the
Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte Bronte was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author who gave Jane Eyre the subtitle An Autobiography. It recounts Charlotte Bronte's life from her isolated childhood,
When the orphaned William refuses his uncles' proposal to become a clergyman and angrily leaves his job in the counting-house of his brother's mill, he decides to accept a position as an English teacher at a boys' school in Brussels. When his career leads him to take up an additional post at a
This important study offers close readings of The Professor, Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette, considered in feminist, Marxist, and other theoretical and critical
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is one of the best-loved heroines in English literature: the poor orphan whose determination and spirit bring her to happiness, heartbreak and happiness again. This illustrated retelling brings the classic to life for English language learners, with activities and
Charlotte Bront 's moving masterpiece - the novel that has been 'teaching true strength of character for generations' (The Guardian). Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers
Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his
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Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857) is a pioneering biography of one great Victorian woman novelist by another. Gaskell was a friend of Bronte's and, having been invited to write the official life, determined to both tell the truth and honor her friend. This edition collates all
Raised motherless on remote Yorkshire moors, watching five beloved siblings sicken and die, haunted by unrequited love: Charlotte Bronte's life has all the drama and tragedy of the great Gothic novels it inspired. This book presents an illuminating account of one of our best-loved
A poignant and powerful retelling of Charlotte Bronte's masterful 'Jane Eyre', brought to life for a new generation of readers by Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her complex feelings, first for school's
Presents a sympathetic treatment of Jane Eyre's life during the 19th century. This work lets you travel back in time to grand Victorian mansions contrasted with the severest
Read this beautiful, romantic feminist classic from the author of Jane Eyre. When Lucy Snowe leaves England to look for a new life on the Continent she has no idea what lies in store for
Presents a sympathetic treatment of Jane Eyre's life during the 19th century. This title lets you travel back in time to grand Victorian mansions contrasted with the severest
The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. This is a story of a defiant, fiercely intelligent woman who refuses to accept her appointed place in society and instead finds love on her own terms has become famous as one of the greatest romances
Charlotte Bronte: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Bronte's life and work. The new essays in this volume, which cover the period from Bronte's first publication to the twenty-first century, explain why her work has
Charlotte Bront 's romantic gothic novel, featuring one of literature's most memorable heroines. With her 1847 novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bront created one of the most unforgettable heroines of all time. Jane Eyre is an orphan, penniless and plain, but full of courage and spirit. She has