Studies in the Novel, December 22nd, 1994
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 essay 'The First Blue-Stocking' and Louis Moore's response in the novel is particularly revealing in the context of Bronte's interaction with Constantin Heger over her 'The Fall of the Leaves.' Among the essays, or devoirs, that Charlotte Bronte wrote in French for Constant...
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