Charlotte Brontë Revisited by Sophie Franklin

Charlotte Brontë Revisited

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Sophie Franklin

Saraband Ltd. · Ebook · July 17, 2022

Charlotte Bronte Revisited looks again at Charlotte Brontë's life and work through 21st-century eyes.

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Who it’s for
A 21st-century look at Brontë’s life, writing, and the interests that shaped both.
Genres
Writers' Lives, Women Authors Criticism, 19th-Century Literary Criticism
Published
Saraband Ltd., July 17, 2022

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About this book

Charlotte Bronte Revisited looks again at Charlotte Brontë's life and work through 21st-century eyes. Discover her private world of convention, rebellion, and imagination, and how they shaped her life, writing, and obsessions—including the paranormal, nature, feminism and politics. Everybody knows Charlotte Brontë. World-famous for her novel Jane Eyre, she's a giant of literature and has been written about in reverential tones in scores of textbooks over the years.

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But what do we really know about Charlotte? This is a celebration of all things Charlotte Brontë, and emphatically shows why her writing was so far ahead of its time, and is as relevant today as ever.

Brontë’s Private World

A 21st-century look at Brontë’s life, writing, and the interests that shaped both.

Come here for

  • A 21st-century view of Charlotte Brontë’s life and work
  • How convention shaped her private world

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  • Attention to the paranormal and nature
  • Discussion of feminism and politics

Where it sits

Women Authors Criticism66%
Writers' Lives52%
19th-Century Literary Criticism35%

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Publisher categories

  • Writers' Lives
  • British & Irish Literary Criticism
  • Women Authors Criticism
Authors
Sophie Franklin
Publisher
Saraband Ltd.
Published
July 17, 2022
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Writers' Lives