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Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Villette

Villette is such a frustrating book. It’s a book that makes you work hard, and it’s a book that refuses to reward either the reader or the character with a happy ending. It took me two weeks to read through Villette, and I was irritated for every minute of it. However, by the end of the book I felt a weird compulsion to immediately read it again. Villette is a puzzle. An annoying and sometimes … Continue reading Villette by Charlotte Brontë

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Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman

Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart

Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart is a fascinating biography of the author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, and Villette. Author Claire Harman is able to make a life in which frankly not much happened engaging and interesting. The biography spans Charlotte’s life as well as her parents’ background, the lives of her siblings, and Charlotte’s artistic legacy. Harman places a lot of focus on the unrequited love that Charlotte felt for Constantin Héger, her professor at the … Continue reading Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman

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Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart

Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart

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 … Continue reading Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart

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Jane Slayre by Charlotte Bronte and Sherri Browning Erwin

Jane Slayre by Charlotte Bronte and Sherri Browning Erwin

There I was, innocently wandering Barnes and Noble in search of Wi-Fi, when I stumbled across Jane Slayre.  After much coaxing/encouragement/blatant emotional blackmail from my sister reviewers (Amanda:  Think of the orphans!) I read it, and it was…OK.  Parts of the book are great, and parts are a terrible letdown, but the whole thing is divinely suited for reading by the front door while you wait for trick-or-treaters this Halloween. Jane Slayre comes on the … Continue reading Jane Slayre by Charlotte Bronte and Sherri Browning Erwin

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

After many years of reading Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, I finally got around to reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. While Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) and Wuthering Heights (by Emily Brontë) have remained popular through the years, Anne’s Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are rarely read now, even though they were the most popular of the Brontë books while the sisters were alive. This book can be read … Continue reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

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The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects by Deborah Lutz

The Brontë Cabinet

The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects is a very entertaining, accessible examination of the lives of the Brontë Siblings (most notably Anne, Emily, and Charlotte). Instead of being a linear biography, the book uses historical objects (for instance, a walking desk, a bracelet, and a dog collar) as entry points into the Brontë’s lives. This means that we get a sense of what the Brontës’ everyday lives might have been like, as well as … Continue reading The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects by Deborah Lutz

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The Brontë Cabinet

The Brontë Cabinet

In this unique and lovingly detailed biography of a literary family that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontes through the things they wore, stitched, wrote on, and inscribed. By unfolding the histories of the meaningful objects in their family home in Haworth, Lutz immerses readers in a nuanced re-creation of the sisters’ daily lives while moving us chronologically forward through … Continue reading The Brontë Cabinet

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Escaping Mr. Rochester

Escaping Mr. Rochester

In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel by acclaimed author L. L. McKinney, Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason must save each other from the horrifying machinations of Mr. Rochester in this intrigue-filled, empowering young adult romance. Jane Eyre has no interest in a husband. Eager to make her own way in the world, she accepts the governess position at Thornfield Hall. Though her new employer, Edward Rochester, has a charming air—not to mention … Continue reading Escaping Mr. Rochester

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Reluctant Immortals

Reluctant Immortals

For fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of forgotten women in classic literature–from Lucy Westenra, a victim of Stoker’s Dracula, and Bertha Mason, from Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre–as they band together to combat the toxic men bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967. Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of … Continue reading Reluctant Immortals

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John Eyre by Mimi Matthews

John Eyre

Y’all know how much I love Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, so it’s no surprise that when someone mentioned a gender-bent version I was intrigued. John Eyre doesn’t match up for me as a version of Jane Eyre, but it is an atmospheric, compelling Gothic – low on heat and character development, but with enough chills to be fun for a stormy winter’s night. John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow tells the tale … Continue reading John Eyre by Mimi Matthews