The English novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) portrayed the struggle of the individual to maintain his integrity with a dramatic intensity entirely new to English fiction. Charlotte Brontë was born in Thornton in the West Riding of Yorkshir...
Charlotte Bronte's fame and influence rest on a very slender canon of published works: only four novels and some contributions to a volume of poetry. Her reputation may be explained in part by the astounding success of her first novel, Jane Eyre (1847);...
Charlotte Brontë's fame and influence rest on a very slender canon of published works: only four novels and some contributions to a volume of poetry. Her reputation may be explained in part by the astounding success of her first novel, Jane Eyre (18...
Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811–1812,...
SHIRLEY Given Greater Boston's astronomical land prices, it can be difficult to find a new home for under $750,000. But buyers willing to commute a little farther may want to check out this historic village 39 miles northwest of Boston, which boasts entry- level...
Charlotte Bronte's 'Shirley' offers interesting insights about the author's perceptions on religion, women's role in society and the meaning of literary form. These apparently disparate topics are linked together because they all stem from Bronte's response to contemporary thought. The episode surrounding Shirley Keeldar's...
In Her Shoes is pure joy. That’s not a word tossed around as freely as you think. In today’s movie market, there’s so little of it on view, and even if you get a glimpse, it’s fleeting. But this marvelous, up-with-the-lark movie stays sunny all...
"Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond" (Villard, 330 pages, $23.95) _ Paul Shirley: Professional basketball player Paul Shirley probably is too complex for his own good: smart, witty, sarcastic, self-depricating and appreciative...
In this introduction to Shirley, the Hooks explore the various social themes of the novel as well as the circumstances under which it was written and the intentions of its author.
