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| Name: |
Charlotte Brontë | | Birth Date: |
April 21, 1816 | | Death Date: |
March 31, 1855 | | Place of Birth: |
Thornton, Yorkshire, England | | Place of Death: |
Yorkshire, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
novelist, writer |
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Biography of Charlotte Brontë
572 words, approx. 1.9 pages
 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...
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Biography of Charlotte Brontë
17666 words, approx. 58.9 pages
 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);...
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Biography of Charlotte Bronte
17152 words, approx. 57.2 pages
 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...



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Shirley Information
1,171 words, approx. 4 pages
 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,...




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 The Boston Globe
Shirley
04/25/2004: 515 words, approx. 2 pages 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...
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 Studies in the Novel
Apocalypse when? 'Shirley''s and the politics of reading. (Charlotte Bronte's novel)
12/22/1994: 10,350 words, approx. 35 pages 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...
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 The New York Observer
Shirley\'d5s Best Since Terms
10/9/2005: 2,253 words, approx. 8 pages 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...
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Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Helene Moglen
14,708 words, approx. 49 pages
 In the following excerpt, Moglen looks at the author's progression from Jane Eyre to Shirley as an attempt to turn from the personal to the political.
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Critical Essay by Andrew and Judith Hook
10,322 words, approx. 34 pages
 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.
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Critical Essay by Susan Gubar
9,673 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following excerpt, Gubar dismisses those critics who claim that Shirley lacks unity, and praises the novel as a revolutionary text.


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Shirley by Charlotte Brontë | |
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