The Life of Charlotte Bronte

Paperback, 212 pages

English language

Published July 14, 2002 by IndyPublish.com.

ISBN:: 978-1-4043-1355-2

Intertwining fact and story, The Life of Charlotte Bronte takes the reader by one hand and Charlotte Bronte by the other to run rampant through the making of one of the greatest authoresses of all time. Follow Charlotte from her birthplace of Thornton as she sets off for school and later returns to teach her sisters, and come to know the “characteristic kindness of the Brontes.” This unsentimental biography, written by friend and sometimes critic Elizabeth Gaskell, helped launch Charlotte Bronte’s fame and takes you on a journey to see the making of the author of Jane Eyre.

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Leyssandra reviewed The Life of Charlotte Brontë: Author of 'Jane Eyre, ' 'Shirley, ' 'Villette, ' 'The Professor ... by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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4 stars

Jane Eyre is a strong independent woman who deserves our respect and admiration.
Lucy Snow is not. But she is complex like few other characters I know and deserves our compassion, because she certainly doesn't get it in her own life. This book is an evocative story of tragedy, loss, heartbreak, loneliness, and depression.

I loved it.