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Charlotte Brontë : a fiery heart, Claire Harman

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Summary
"A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life. The genius of this biography is that it delves behind this image to reveal a life in which loss and heartache existed alongside rebellion and fierce ambition. Harman seizes on a crucial moment in the 1840's when Charlotte worked at a girls' school in Brussels and fell hopelessly in love with the husband of the school's headmistress. Her torment spawned her first attempts at writing for publication, and he haunts the pages of every one of her novels--he is Rochester in Jane Eyre, Paul Emanuel in Villette. Another unrequited love--for her publisher--paved the way for Charlotte to enter a marriage that ultimately made her happier than she ever imagined. Drawing on correspondence unavailable to previous biographers, Claire Harman establishes Brontë the heroine of her own story, one as dramatic and triumphant as one of her own novels"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (some color)
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Contents
  • Prologue, 1 September 1843
  • Becoming Brontë, 1777-1820
  • An uncivilised little place, 1820-25
  • The genii of the parsonage, 1825-31
  • Among schoolgirls, 1831-5
  • The double life, 1835-7
  • Labour in vain, 1837-41
  • In a strange land, 1842
  • The Black Swan, 1843
  • Long-looked-for tidings, 1844-5
  • Walking invisible, 1845-6
  • That intensely interesting novel, 1846-8
  • Across the abyss, 1848-9
  • Conquering the Big Babylon, 1849-51
  • The curate's wife, 1851-5
  • Coda
Isbn
9780307962089
Instance
Label
Charlotte Brontë : a fiery heart
Title
Charlotte Brontë
Title remainder
a fiery heart
Statement of responsibility
Claire Harman
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life. The genius of this biography is that it delves behind this image to reveal a life in which loss and heartache existed alongside rebellion and fierce ambition. Harman seizes on a crucial moment in the 1840's when Charlotte worked at a girls' school in Brussels and fell hopelessly in love with the husband of the school's headmistress. Her torment spawned her first attempts at writing for publication, and he haunts the pages of every one of her novels--he is Rochester in Jane Eyre, Paul Emanuel in Villette. Another unrequited love--for her publisher--paved the way for Charlotte to enter a marriage that ultimately made her happier than she ever imagined. Drawing on correspondence unavailable to previous biographers, Claire Harman establishes Brontë the heroine of her own story, one as dramatic and triumphant as one of her own novels"--
Writing style
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10472923
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Harman, Claire
Dewey number
  • 823/.809
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
PR4168
LC item number
.H27 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Brontë, Charlotte
  • Bronte, Charlotte
  • Brontë, Charlotte
  • Women authors, English
  • Novelists, English
  • Novelists, English
  • Women authors, English
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
a fiery heart
Label
Charlotte Brontë : a fiery heart, Claire Harman
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue, 1 September 1843 -- Becoming Brontë, 1777-1820 -- An uncivilised little place, 1820-25 -- The genii of the parsonage, 1825-31 -- Among schoolgirls, 1831-5 -- The double life, 1835-7 -- Labour in vain, 1837-41 -- In a strange land, 1842 -- The Black Swan, 1843 -- Long-looked-for tidings, 1844-5 -- Walking invisible, 1845-6 -- That intensely interesting novel, 1846-8 -- Across the abyss, 1848-9 -- Conquering the Big Babylon, 1849-51 -- The curate's wife, 1851-5 -- Coda
Control code
ocn914445674
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (some color)
Isbn
9780307962089
Lccn
2015028359
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 9780307962089
  • 99966326884
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), plates (some color), portraits (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)914445674
Label
Charlotte Brontë : a fiery heart, Claire Harman
Publication
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue, 1 September 1843 -- Becoming Brontë, 1777-1820 -- An uncivilised little place, 1820-25 -- The genii of the parsonage, 1825-31 -- Among schoolgirls, 1831-5 -- The double life, 1835-7 -- Labour in vain, 1837-41 -- In a strange land, 1842 -- The Black Swan, 1843 -- Long-looked-for tidings, 1844-5 -- Walking invisible, 1845-6 -- That intensely interesting novel, 1846-8 -- Across the abyss, 1848-9 -- Conquering the Big Babylon, 1849-51 -- The curate's wife, 1851-5 -- Coda
Control code
ocn914445674
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (some color)
Isbn
9780307962089
Lccn
2015028359
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 9780307962089
  • 99966326884
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), plates (some color), portraits (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)914445674

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