The Brontës and the Idea of the Human

The Brontës and the Idea of the Human

Author: Alexandra Lewis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1107154812

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Investigates the idea of the human within Brontë sisters' work, offering new insight on their writing and cultural contexts.


The Brontës in Context

The Brontës in Context

Author: Marianne Thormählen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0521761867

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Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time.


The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 1384

ISBN-13: 9781840220605

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Includes the novels Jane Eyre, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.


The Brontë Myth

The Brontë Myth

Author: Lucasta Miller

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780224037457

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"This book has as its subject the manipulation of a reputation." "Its starting point is Charlotte Bronte's attempt to manage her own and her sisters' public image in the face of Victorian prejudice against their passionate novels. Their first biographer, Mrs. Gaskell, transformed their story of literary ambition into one of the great legends of the nineteenth century, a dramatic tale of three lonely sisters playing out their tragic destiny on top of a windswept moor. Lucasta Miller reveals where this image came from and how it took such a hold on the popular imagination." "Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Bronte 'biography' appearing."


The Brontës and Education

The Brontës and Education

Author: Marianne Thormählen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-06-21

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 1139463691

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All the seven Brontë novels are concerned with education in both senses, that of upbringing as well as that of learning. The Brontë sisters all worked as teachers before they became published novelists. In spite of the prevalence of education in the sisters' lives and fiction, however, this was the first full-length book on the subject when it was published in 2007. Marianne Thormählen explores how their representations of fictional teachers and schools engage with the intense debates on education in the nineteenth century, drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence about educational theory and practice in the lifetime of the Brontës. This study offers much information both about the Brontës and their books and about the most urgent issue in early nineteenth-century British social politics: the education of the people, of all classes and both sexes.


Jane Eyre + Wuthering Heights (2 Unabridged Classics)

Jane Eyre + Wuthering Heights (2 Unabridged Classics)

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-13

Total Pages: 1003

ISBN-13:

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This carefully crafted ebook: "Jane Eyre + Wuthering Heights (2 Unabridged Classics)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, Jane Eyre has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. It lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. Born into a poor family and raised by an oppressive aunt, young Jane Eyre becomes the governess at Thornfield Manor to escape the confines of her life. There her fiery independence clashes with the brooding and mysterious nature of her employer, Mr. Rochester. But what begins as outright loathing slowly evolves into a passionate romance. When a terrible secret from Rochester's past threatens to tear the two apart, Jane must make an impossible choice: Should she follow her heart or walk away and lose her love forever? Considered by many to be Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece, Jane Eyre chronicles the passionate love between the independent and strong-willed orphan Jane Eyre and the dark, impassioned Mr. Rochester. Having endured a lonely and cruel childhood, orphan Jane Eyre, who is reared in the home of her heartless aunt prior to attending a boarding school with an equally torturous regime, is strengthened by these experiences.


The Brontes

The Brontes

Author: Professor Miriam Allott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1136173811

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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.


The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects

The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects

Author: Deborah Lutz

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-05-11

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0393246736

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"Yields up all sorts of fascinating new angles on the famous siblings…Illuminating." —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air In this unique and lovingly detailed biography, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the fascinating lives of the Brontës through the things they wore, stitched, and inscribed. Lutz immerses readers in a nuanced re-creation of the sisters’ days while moving us chronologically through their lives. From the miniature books they made as children to the walking sticks they carried on hikes on the moors, each possession opens a window onto the sisters’ world, their beloved fiction, and the Victorian era.