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Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart

Claire Harman
4.25/5 (1276 ratings)
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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. Claire Harman seizes on a crucial moment in the 1840s 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 the object of her obsession 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, Harman establishes Brontë as the heroine of her own story, one as dramatic and triumphant as one of her own novels.
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462 pages
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First Edition (stated), First Printing, First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated)
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eng
ISBN10:
0307962083
ISBN13:
9780307962089
kindle Asin:
B0104ELUYG

Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart

Claire Harman
4.25/5 (1276 ratings)
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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. Claire Harman seizes on a crucial moment in the 1840s 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 the object of her obsession 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, Harman establishes Brontë as the heroine of her own story, one as dramatic and triumphant as one of her own novels.
Format:
Pages:
462 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
First Edition (stated), First Printing, First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated), First Edition (stated)
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0307962083
ISBN13:
9780307962089
kindle Asin:
B0104ELUYG

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