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Charlotte Brontë, a passionate life, Lyndall Gordon

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Charlotte Brontë, a passionate life, Lyndall Gordon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-407) and index

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individual biography

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portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Charlotte Brontë, a passionate life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

31766281

Responsibility statement

Lyndall Gordon

Review

"Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life looks beyond the insistent image of the modest Victorian lady, the slave to duty in the shadow of tombstones. Instead we see a strong, fiery woman who shaped her own life and transformed it into art. This biography looks at the shared gifts and class ambitions of the Bronte family - at the active feminist, Mary Taylor; at the demanding mentor, Constantin Heger; and at the rising publisher, George Smith - as Charlotte strove to possess them in life and fiction. Her highly autobiographical novels refused current bars to women's writing to release a public voice which could speak intimately to her readers."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

The unseen space -- False idols, true friends -- Egypt and the promised land -- Loves language -- A public voice -- To walk invisible -- The limits of friendship -- Buried fire -- Marriage -- Surviving

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Passionate life

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