Charlotte Brontë : a fiery heart / Claire Harman.
2016
PR4168 .H27 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Charlotte Brontë : a fiery heart / Claire Harman.
Author
Harman, Claire, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780307962089 (hardcover)
0307962083 (hardcover)
9780307962096 (electronic book)
9780307363190
0307363198
0307962083 (hardcover)
9780307962096 (electronic book)
9780307363190
0307363198
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
462 pages, 16 unnumbered pates of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
PR4168 .H27 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.809 B
Summary
"A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life. The genius of this biography is that it delves behind this image to reveal a life in which loss and heartache existed alongside rebellion and fierce ambition. Harman seizes on a crucial moment in the 1840's when Charlotte worked at a girls' school in Brussels and fell hopelessly in love with the husband of the school's headmistress. Her torment spawned her first attempts at writing for publication, and he haunts the pages of every one of her novels--he is Rochester in Jane Eyre, Paul Emanuel in Villette. Another unrequited love--for her publisher--paved the way for Charlotte to enter a marriage that ultimately made her happier than she ever imagined. Drawing on correspondence unavailable to previous biographers, Claire Harman establishes Brontë the heroine of her own story, one as dramatic and triumphant as one of her own novels"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
1 September 1843
Becoming Brontë, 1777-1820
An uncivilised little place, 1820-25
The genii of the parsonage, 1825-31
Among schoolgirls, 1831-5
The double life, 1835-7
Labour in vain, 1837-41
In a strange land, 1842
The Black Swan, 1843
Long-looked-for tidings, 1844-5
Walking invisible, 1845-6
That intensely interesting novel, 1846-8
Across the abyss, 1848-9
Conquering the Big Babylon, 1849-51
The curate's wife, 1851-5.
Becoming Brontë, 1777-1820
An uncivilised little place, 1820-25
The genii of the parsonage, 1825-31
Among schoolgirls, 1831-5
The double life, 1835-7
Labour in vain, 1837-41
In a strange land, 1842
The Black Swan, 1843
Long-looked-for tidings, 1844-5
Walking invisible, 1845-6
That intensely interesting novel, 1846-8
Across the abyss, 1848-9
Conquering the Big Babylon, 1849-51
The curate's wife, 1851-5.