Jane Eyre: Charlotte Brontė - Rilegato

Bronte, Charlotte

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0141040386 ISBN 13: 9780141040387

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2009

Riassunto

A young woman looks back at her childhood in a harsh orphanage and describes her growing love for the man who employs her as governess.

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Recensione:

"At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontė."
--Virginia Woolf

L'autore:

Charlotte Brontė was born in Yorkshire in 1816. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where two of her sisters died; she was subsequently educated at home with her younger siblings, Emily, Branwell and Anne. As an adult, Charlotte worked as a governess and taught in a school in Brussels. Jane Eyre was first published in 1847 under the pen-name Currer Bell, and was followed by Shirley (1848), Villette (1853) and The Professor (posthumously published in 1857). In 1854 Charlotte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died in March of the following year.

Charlotte Bronte (1816-55), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. Jane Eyre appeared in 1847 and was followed by Shirley (1848) and Vilette (1853). In 1854 Charlotte Bronte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died during her pregnancy on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire.

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0141040386
• ISBN 13: 9780141040387
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 624
• Redattore: Davies Stevie
• Disegnatore: Bickford-Smith Coralie