Being Poor While Female in 19th Century Woman Writer Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853)
Nearly eighty years after the publication of woman writer Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Villette,...
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Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell: Women Writers Who Were Friends
Elizabeth Gaskell (1801-1865) was fifteen years older than Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855). They led...
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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865): Part 2—A Voice for Women and the Working Class
The death of her son William at 10 months old from Scarlett Fever in August of 1845 left woman...
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Charlotte Brontë’s The Professor: Equality Achieved
It is well known that many author’s first novels are left unpublished and that the authors...
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Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley: The Power of Female Friendship
Before this novel, published in 1849, between Jane Eyre and Villette, Shirley was only a man’s...
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Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre’s Righteous Anger, British Woman Writer (1816-1855)
Jane is plain. Jane is fiery. Jane is passionate. She is outspoken. She will not be controlled....
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