Charlotte Bronte

A Passionate Life

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Lyndall Gordon

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Paperback / softback

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Critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, Lyndall Gordon's portrait of Charlotte Bront?looks beyond the insistent image of the modest Victorian lady, the slave to duty in the shadow of tombstones. Instead, she reveals a strong, fiery woman who shaped her own life and transformed it into art. This biography looks at the shared gifts and class ambitions of the Bront?family; at Charlotte's ally, the active feminist Mary Taylor; her demanding mentor, Constantin Heger; and her publisher, George Smith, as Charlotte strove to possess them in life and in fiction. Drawing on unpublished letters, the "Roe Head Journal," early stories, the manuscript of Villette, and her last, unfinished novel, Gordon explores the gaps in Charlotte's life, taking us into that unseen space in which this woman of genius was able to live and create.

Author Biography:

Lyndall Gordon is the author of eight acclaimed biographies, including T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life. She lives in Oxford. England.

Release date Australia

May 22nd, 2007

Author

Lyndall Gordon

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

456

Dimensions

157x236x28

ISBN-13

9780393314489

Product ID

11391334

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