Villetteisan1853novelwrittenbyEnglishauthorCharlotteBront?.Villettebeginswithitsfamouslypassiveprotagonist,LucySnowe,age14,stayingatthehomeofhergodmotherMrs.Brettonin"thecleanandancienttownofBretton",inEngland.Afteranunspecifiedfamilydisaster,theprotagonistLucySnowetravelsfromhernativeEnglandtothefictionalFrench-speakingcityofVillettetoteachatagirls'school,wheresheisdrawnintoadventureandromance.Duringthecourseofthenovel,Lucyhasthreeencounterswiththefigureofanun—whichmaybetheghostofanunwhowasburiedaliveontheschool'sgroundsaspunishmentforbreakinghervowofchastity.Inahighlysymbolicsceneneartheendofthenovel,shediscoversthe"nun's"habitinherbedanddestroysit.ShelaterfindsoutthatitwasadisguisewornbyGinevra'samour,AlfreddeHamal.Theepisodeswiththenunnodoubtcontributedsubstantiallytothenovel'sreputationasagothicnovel.

Villettebeginswithitsfamouslypassiveprotagonist,LucySnowe,age14,stayingatthehomeofhergodmotherMrs.Brettonin"thecleanandancienttownofBretton",inEngland.Afteranunspecifiedfamilydisaster,theprotagonistLucySnowetravelsfromhernativeEnglandtothefictionalFrench-speakingcityofVillettetoteachatagirls'school,wheresheisdrawnintoadventureandromance.Duringthecourseofthenovel,Lucyhasthreeencounterswiththefigureofanun—whichmaybetheghostofanunwhowasburiedaliveontheschool'sgroundsaspunishmentforbreakinghervowofchastity.Inahighlysymbolicsceneneartheendofthenovel,shediscoversthe"nun's"habitinherbedanddestroysit.ShelaterfindsoutthatitwasadisguisewornbyGinevra'samour,AlfreddeHamal.Theepisodeswiththenunnodoubtcontributedsubstantiallytothenovel'sreputationasagothicnovel.Villette(1853)isnovelwrittenbyEnglishauthorCharlotteBront?.

Villette(1853)isnovelwrittenbyEnglishauthorCharlotteBront?.Villettebeginswithitsfamouslypassiveprotagonist,LucySnowe,age14,stayingatthehomeofhergodmotherMrs.Brettonin"thecleanandancienttownofBretton",inEngland.Afteranunspecifiedfamilydisaster,theprotagonistLucySnowetravelsfromhernativeEnglandtothefictionalFrench-speakingcityofVillettetoteachatagirls'school,wheresheisdrawnintoadventureandromance.Duringthecourseofthenovel,Lucyhasthreeencounterswiththefigureofanun—whichmaybetheghostofanunwhowasburiedaliveontheschool'sgroundsaspunishmentforbreakinghervowofchastity.Inahighlysymbolicsceneneartheendofthenovel,shediscoversthe"nun's"habitinherbedanddestroysit.ShelaterfindsoutthatitwasadisguisewornbyGinevra'samour,AlfreddeHamal.Theepisodeswiththenunnodoubtcontributedsubstantiallytothenovel'sreputationasagothicnovel.

AgnesGreyisthedebutnovelofEnglishauthorAnneBront?(writingunderthepennameofActonBell),firstpublishedinDecember1847,andrepublishedinasecondeditionin1850.ThenovelfollowsAgnesGrey,agoverness,assheworkswithinfamiliesoftheEnglishgentry.ScholarshipandcommentsbyAnne'ssisterCharlotteBront?suggestthenovelislargelybasedonAnneBront?'sownexperiencesasagovernessforfiveyears.Agnes,hersisterMary,andtheirmotheralltrytokeepexpenseslowandbringinextramoney,butAgnesisfrustratedthateveryonetreatsherlikeachild.Toproveherselfandtoearnmoney,sheisdeterminedtogetapositionasagoverness.Eventually,sheobtainsarecommendationfromawell-placedacquaintance,isofferedaposition,andsecuresherparents'permission.Withsomemisgivings,shetravelstoWellwoodhousetoworkfortheBloomfieldfamily.ThechoiceofcentralcharacterallowsAnnetodealwithissuesofoppressionandabuseofwomenandgovernesses,isolationandideasofempathy.Anadditionalthemeisthefairtreatmentofanimals.AgnesGreyalsomimicssomeofthestylisticapproachesofbildungsromans,employingideasofpersonalgrowthandcomingtoage,butrepresentingacharacterwhoinfactdoesnotgaininvirtue.

AgnesGreyisthedebutnovelofEnglishauthorAnneBront?(writingunderthepennameofActonBell),firstpublishedinDecember1847,andrepublishedinasecondeditionin1850.Agnes,hersisterMary,andtheirmotheralltrytokeepexpenseslowandbringinextramoney,butAgnesisfrustratedthateveryonetreatsherlikeachild.Toproveherselfandtoearnmoney,sheisdeterminedtogetapositionasagoverness.Eventually,sheobtainsarecommendationfromawell-placedacquaintance,isofferedaposition,andsecuresherparents'permission.Withsomemisgivings,shetravelstoWellwoodhousetoworkfortheBloomfieldfamily.ThechoiceofcentralcharacterallowsAnnetodealwithissuesofoppressionandabuseofwomenandgovernesses,isolationandideasofempathy.Anadditionalthemeisthefairtreatmentofanimals.AgnesGreyalsomimicssomeofthestylisticapproachesofbildungsromans,employingideasofpersonalgrowthandcomingtoage,butrepresentingacharacterwhoinfactdoesnotgaininvirtue.

AgnesGreybyEAnneBront?isanovelin1847whichisaboutagovernessofthatnameandissaidtobebasedonBront?'sownexperiencesinthefield.ItwasBront?'sfirstnovel.SimilartohersisterCharlotte'snovelJaneEyre,thisisanovelthataddresseswhattheprecariouspositionofgovernessentailedandhowitaffectedayoungwoman.TheIrishnovelistGeorgeMoorepraisedAgnesGreyas"themostperfectprosenarrativeinEnglishletters."AgnestravelstoWellwoodhousetoworkfortheBloomfieldfamily.ThechoiceofcentralcharacterallowsAnnetodealwithissuesofoppressionandabuseofwomenandgovernesses,isolationandideasofempathy.Anadditionalthemeisthefairtreatmentofanimals.AgnesGreyalsomimicssomeofthestylisticapproachesofbildungsromans,employingideasofpersonalgrowthandcomingtoage,butrepresentingacharacterwhoinfactdoesnotgaininvirtue.

Shirley,ItwasBronte'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre(originallypublishedunderBronte'spseudonymCurrerBell).SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.

Shirley,ItwasBronte'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.

Shirley,ATaleisan1849socialnovelbytheEnglishnovelistCharlotteBront?.ItwasBront?'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre(originallypublishedunderBront?'spseudonymCurrerBell).SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.

Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.Shirley,ATaleisan1849socialnovelbytheEnglishnovelistCharlotteBront?.ItwasBront?'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre(originallypublishedunderBront?'spseudonymCurrerBell).SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.

ShirleybytheEnglishnovelistCharlotteBronteisan1849socialnovel.ItwasBronte'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre(originallypublishedunderBronte'spseudonymCurrerBell).SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.

JulesVernewasaFrenchnovelist,poet,andplaywright.VerneisgenerallyconsideredamajorliteraryauthorinFranceandmostofEurope,wherehehashadawideinfluenceontheliteraryavant-gardeandonsurrealism.TheMysteriousIslandisconsideredbymanytobeJulesVerne'smasterpiece.Thiscaptivatingtaleofadventure,"TheMysteriousIsland"tellsthetaleoffivemenandadogwholandinaballoononafaraway,Throughtheuseoftheiringenuitythefivemanagetosurviveonthisislandwilderness.Manysecretsandadventuresawaitthegroupastheyendeavortodiscoverythemysteryofthis"mysteriousisland".

TheMysteriousIslandisconsideredbymanytobeJulesVerne'smasterpiece.Thiscaptivatingtaleofadventure,"TheMysteriousIsland"tellsthetaleoffivemenandadogwholandinaballoononafaraway,Throughtheuseoftheiringenuitythefivemanagetosurviveonthisislandwilderness.Manysecretsandadventuresawaitthegroupastheyendeavortodiscoverythemysteryofthis"mysteriousisland".JulesVernewasaFrenchnovelist,poet,andplaywright.VerneisgenerallyconsideredamajorliteraryauthorinFranceandmostofEurope,wherehehashadawideinfluenceontheliteraryavant-gardeandonsurrealism.

Thiscaptivatingtaleofadventure,"TheMysteriousIsland"tellsthetaleoffivemenandadogwholandinaballoononafaraway,Throughtheuseoftheiringenuitythefivemanagetosurviveonthisislandwilderness.Manysecretsandadventuresawaitthegroupastheyendeavortodiscoverythemysteryofthis"mysteriousisland".JulesVernewasaFrenchnovelist,poet,andplaywright.VerneisgenerallyconsideredamajorliteraryauthorinFranceandmostofEurope,wherehehashadawideinfluenceontheliteraryavant-gardeandonsurrealism.TheMysteriousIslandisconsideredbymanytobeJulesVerne'smasterpiece.

CharlesStrickland,aconventionalstockbroker,abandonshiswifeandchildrenforParisandTahiti,tolivehislifeasapainter.Whilsthisbetrayaloffamily,dutyandhonourgiveshimthefreedomtoachievegreatness,hisdecisionleadstoanobsessionwhichcarriessevereimplications.InspiredbythelifeofPaulGauguin,TheMoonandSixpenceisatonceasatiriccaricatureofEdwardianconventionsandavividportrayalofthementalityofagenius.

CharlesStricklandisastaidbanker,amanofwealthandprivilege.Heisalsoamanpossessedofanunquenchabledesiretocreateart.AsStricklandpursueshisartisticvision,heleavesLondonforParisandTahiti,andinhisquestmakessacrificesthatleavesthelivesofthoseclosesttohimintatters.ThroughMaugham'ssympatheticeyeStrickland'storturedandcruelsoulbecomesasymboloftheblessingandthecurseoftranscendentartisticgenius,andthecostinhumanslivesitsometimesdemands.BasedonthelifeofPaulGauguin,TheMoonandSixpenceisW.SomersetMaugham'sodetothepowerfulforcesbehindcreativegenius.

BasedonthelifeofPaulGauguin,TheMoonandSixpenceisW.SomersetMaugham'sodetothepowerfulforcesbehindcreativegenius.CharlesStricklandisastaidbanker,amanofwealthandprivilege.Heisalsoamanpossessedofanunquenchabledesiretocreateart.AsStricklandpursueshisartisticvision,heleavesLondonforParisandTahiti,andinhisquestmakessacrificesthatleavesthelivesofthoseclosesttohimintatters.ThroughMaugham'ssympatheticeyeStrickland'storturedandcruelsoulbecomesasymboloftheblessingandthecurseoftranscendentartisticgenius,andthecostinhumanslivesitsometimesdemands.

InspiredbythelifeofPaulGauguin,TheMoonandSixpenceisatonceasatiriccaricatureofEdwardianconventionsandavividportrayalofthementalityofagenius.CharlesStrickland,aconventionalstockbroker,abandonshiswifeandchildrenforParisandTahiti,tolivehislifeasapainter.Whilsthisbetrayaloffamily,dutyandhonourgiveshimthefreedomtoachievegreatness,hisdecisionleadstoanobsessionwhichcarriessevereimplications.

TheProfessorwaspublishedposthumouslyin1857.ItwasthefirstnovelwrittenbyCharlotteBront?andisuniqueamongherworksastheonlyonetofeatureamalenarrator.Rejectedbymultiplepublishersduringherlifetime.WrittentwoyearsbeforeJaneEyre,TheProfessorwasCharlotteBronte’sfirstnovelandwasbasedonherexperiencesinBrussels.Thestoryisoneofloveanddoubt,asthehero,WilliamCrimsworth,seekshisfortuneasateacherinBrusselsandfindshisloveforthegoodAnglo-Swissgirl,FrancesHenri,severelytestedbythesensuouslybeguilingandmanipulativeheadmistress,Zoroa?deReuter.Ontheotherhand,thesocialprotestsoundeddistinctlyinthisnovelthatistypicalformatureworksofCharlotteBronte.Inparticular,thisprotestisexpressedintheimageofasoulless,prudentbusinessman,thefactoryownerEdwardCrimsworthwhodevoidedofbasichumanityindealingwithworkersandtheirfamilies.

TheProfessorisuniqueinthatitwasthefirstbookBrontewrote,andtheonlyonenarratedbyamalecharacter,thescholarlyWilliamCrimsworth.PublishedafterCharlotteBronte'sdeathin1855.Thebookisthestoryofayoungman,WilliamCrimsworth,andisafirst-personnarrativefromhisperspective.Itdescribeshismaturation,hiscareerasateacherinBrussels,andhispersonalrelationships.William,orphanedatayoungage,rejectsthelifeofaclergymanhisuncleschooseforhimandsetsoutonhisown,eventuallybecomingateacheratanall-girlsschoolinBelgium.Onceestablishedthere,hefindshimselffallingforatalentedstudent,Frances,buttheirbuddingromanceisthreatenedbypettyjealousies.ThefinalnovelpublishedbyanyofthefamousBrontesisters,TheProfessorwasbasedpartlyonCharlotte'sownexperiencesteachinginBelgiumwhereshestudiedasalanguagestudentin1842.