"This edition contains the original and unabridged text of Shirley by Charlotte Bronte"
Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Bronte. It was Bronte's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Bronte's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry.
The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title...
"This edition contains the original and unabridged text of Shirley by Charlotte Bronte"
Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist ...
"This edition contains the original and unabridged text of The Professor."
The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857 by approval of Arthur Bell Nicholls, who accepted the task of reviewing and editing of the novel.
William Crimsworth refuses his uncle's proposals to become a clergyman. Instead he becomes a clerk for his wealthy brother, tensions and jealousies end that career and he takes a new job at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium....
"This edition contains the original and unabridged text of The Professor."
The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was origina...
Originally published in 1927, this book presents a series of extracts from the novels of Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Created with the younger reader in mind, the text was intended to act as an introduction to the novels and an inducement to read them in their entirety. An editorial introduction and bibliographical details are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Charlotte and Emily Bronte."
Originally published in 1927, this book presents a series of extracts from the novels of Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Created with the younger reader i...
Devenue orpheline des son plus age, Jane Eyre est recueillie par M. Reed, son oncle. Apres la mort de ce dernier, sa tante la traite durement et l'accuse de tous les vices. Lorsqu'elle entre dans sa dixieme annee, Mme Reed, decidee a s'en debarrasser definitivement, envoie Jane dans une pension pour jeunes filles pauvres, ou l'on va lui enseigner severement, les rigueurs de la vie..."
Devenue orpheline des son plus age, Jane Eyre est recueillie par M. Reed, son oncle. Apres la mort de ce dernier, sa tante la traite durement et l'acc...
A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Mallory Ortberg, New York Times best-selling author of Texts from Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte s final and most autobiographical novel even more critically acclaimed than Jane Eyre during its time is a brilliant story of repressed passion and unrequited love in the fictional French town of Villette
Lucy Snowe is a young woman alone in the world after a terrible event of which she never speaks. With no home, no family, and no prospects, she sets out on her own to the small French town of Villette, where she finds work as...
A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Mallory Ortberg, New York Times best-selling author of Texts from Jane Eyre
The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girls school. The story starts off with a letter William has sent to his friend Charles, detailing his refusal to his uncle's proposals to become a clergyman, as well as his first meeting with his rich brother Edward. Seeking work as a tradesman, William is offered the position of a clerk by Edward. However, Edward is jealous of William's education and intelligence and treats him terribly. By the...
The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his loves...
Jane Eyre. Eine Autobiographie (EA 1847 unter dem Titel: Jane Eyre. An Autobiography) ist der erste veroffentlichte Roman der britischen Autorin Charlotte Bronte und ein Klassiker der viktorianischen Romanliteratur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Der Roman erzahlt die Geschichte der jungen Gouvernante Jane Eyre ), die trotz ihres unscheinbaren Aussehens und ihres naiv-naturlichen Wesens das Herz ihres launischen Arbeitgebers Edward Rochester gewinnt und spater entdeckt, dass dieser bereits verheiratet ist und seine geisteskranke Frau in seinem Haus versteckt halt. Der Stoff des Romanes wurde haufig fur...
Jane Eyre. Eine Autobiographie (EA 1847 unter dem Titel: Jane Eyre. An Autobiography) ist der erste veroffentlichte Roman der britischen Autorin Charl...
"Villette Villette Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Bronte's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power." Arguably Bronte's most refined and deeply felt work, Villette draws on her profound loneliness following the deaths of her three siblings. Lucy Snowe, the narrator of Villette, flees from an unhappy past in England to begin a new life as a teacher at a French boarding school in the great cosmopolitan capital of Villette. Soon Lucy's struggle for independence is overshadowed...
"Villette Villette Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Bronte's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still more wonderful boo...
