| Description |
xvi, 617 pages : frontispiece, 10 plates (including portraits) ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Oxford Paperbacks ; 152 |
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Oxford paperbacks ; 152
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| Contents |
Introduction -- First lessons -- Slave of the lamp -- The voice of conscience -- "The burning clime" -- The pursuit of knowledge: Roe Head, 1831-32 -- The "web of sunny air" -- The drudge's life -- Zamorna against all comers -- "Under a strange roof-tree" -- First flight -- The path of duty -- The wish for wings -- The promised land: Brussels, 1842 -- The black swan: Brussels, 1843 -- A slave to sorrow -- The Alter Ego -- Resurgam -- The achievement of Jane Eyre -- Recognition -- Crossing the abyss -- The miracle of Shirley -- The "bright-haired sprite" -- Friendship -- The lonely heart -- Writing Villette -- The last Arthur -- Equinox -- Appendixes -- A. Mrs. Gaskell and M. Heger -- B. Charlotte Brontë's phrenological character -- C. Charlotte Brontë's last manuscripts -- D. The French texts of the Heger letters -- Additional notes -- Sources of evidence |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 600-607) |
| Subject |
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Biography.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
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| LC no. |
xls00104835 |
| ISBN |
0198811527 |
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9780198811527 |
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