Charlotte Brontë

With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster, and her own complex feelings, first for the school's English doctor and then for the dictatorial professor, Paul Emmanuel. Charlotte Brontë's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully...

Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, Shirley is an unsentimental yet passionate depiction of conflict among classes, sexes, and generations. Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal...

As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly treated by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further hardship, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Mr. Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her. When Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding, she flees and finds temporary refuge at the home of St. John...

They wrote against all odds. Some wrote defiantly; some wrote desperately. Some wrote while trapped within the confines of status and wealth. Some wrote hand-to-mouth in abject poverty. Some wrote trapped in a room of their father's house, and some went in search of a room of their own. They had lovers and families. They were sometimes lonely. Many wrote anonymously or under a pseudonym for a world not yet ready for their genius and talent. We know...

The Complete Works of Charlotte Bronte brings together all of Charlotte Bronte's beloved classic stories and indelible characters. This special ebook edition includes all of Bronte's published novels: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor. A masterful storyteller, Charlotte Bronte is recognized as one of the most significant female authors of the nineteenth century, and her work continues to resonate with modern audiences.

A reworking of "The Professor", the author's first novel, "Villette" is Charlotte Bronte's fourth and last novel which is loosely based upon her own experiences at a boarding school in Brussels. The work follows the life of Lucy Snowe, a quiet yet self-reliant young girl without any family, from her life in the English countryside where she lives with her Godmother, to London, and finally to the French town of Villette, where she gains employment...

Charlotte Brontë: Shirley Roman Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit aktualisierter Rechtschreibung und zahlreichen erklärenden Fußnoten Yorkshire, zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts: Das Leben der jungen Caroline, die nach dem Tod des Vaters und dem Weggang der Mutter ohne Vermögen und Zukunftsperspektive in der Nähe ihres Cousins Robert lebt, erfährt eine Wendung, als Shirley Keeldar in ihr Leben tritt: Die junge Gutsbesitzerin, die von ihren Eltern...

When Charlotte's brother Branwell was given a set of 12 toy soldiers, an entire new imaginary world opened before them. The Twelves, or Young Men, became a constant source of inspiration for the Brontë children, spawning tales of swashbuckling adventure, darkest intrigue, doomed romance, and malevolent spirits. The four volumes of tales collected here make delightful reading, while offering a unique insight into Brontë family life and Charlotte's...

Jane Eyre est un roman de Charlotte Brontë publié le 16 octobre 1847 en Angleterre sous le pseudonyme de Currer Bell. Il a paru en France pour la première fois en 1854 sous le titre Jane Eyre ou Mémoires d’une gouvernante1. Il a été adapté plusieurs fois

Poetry reflecting the early Victorian trends in literature. "Love is like the wild rose-briar, Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly?" A volume of poetry written by the Bronte sisters described by Emily, the middle sister, as "crude thoughts of the unripe mind."