Charlotte Bronte

A new collection of literary voices from Gibbs Smith written by, and for, extraordinary women--to encourage, challenge, and inspire. Jane Eyre, the beloved heroine, is for many their first introduction to a truly independent female character in classic literature. Charlotte Bronte develops an assertive and passionate character in Jane, whose search for belonging and freedom, while radical at the time of publication, remains refreshingly relevant for the modern-day reader.

10-year-old Jane Eyre is isolated, unloved, and mistreated--orphaned at a young age, she lives with her aunt Mrs. Reed and three cousins, all of whom make sure to constantly remind Jane Eyre of her inferior position in their home. When Jane finally sticks up for herself against her abusive cousin John Reed, Mrs. Reed responds by locking her in the Red Room, the spooky place where Jane's uncle passed away. From there, Jane is sent on to yet another more desolate spot: the Lowood Institution, for orphaned and impoverished girls. When Jane reaches adulthood, she decides to strike out on her own, and advertises her services as a governess. This decision is what brings Jane to Thornfield Hall: a beautiful estate that contains a secretive staff, a barrage of strange events, and an enigmatic and impassioned master. From here, Jane's spirit and heart are tested, in ways that will plunge her into the depths of despair and offer--just possibly--a kind of happiness that the young orphan Jane Eyre hardly ever dared to dream of. JANE EYRE is the first gothic novel in the Green Collection, Greenleaf & Plympton's inaugural collection of five classic gothics. The novels in this collection include: JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bront THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Bront . After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Bront 's third and last novel; it was preceded by The Professor (her posthumously published first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley. In 1842 Charlotte Bront , at the age of 26, travelled to Brussels, Belgium, with her sister Emily. There they enrolled in a pensionnat (boarding school) run by M. and Mme. Constantin H ger. In return for board and tuition, Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music. The sisters' time at the pensionnat was cut short when their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, died in October 1842. Elizabeth had joined the Bront family to care for their children after the death of Maria Bront , n e Maria Branwell, the mother of the Bront sisters. Charlotte returned, alone, to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the pensionnat. Her second stay in Brussels was not a happy one. She became lonely and homesick, and fell in love with M. H ger, a married man. She finally returned to her family's rectory in Haworth, England, in January 1844. Charlotte drew on this source material for her first (albeit unsuccessful) novel The Professor. After several publishers had rejected it, Bront reworked the material and made it the basis of Villette. Most literary historians believe that the character of M. Paul Emanuel is closely based upon that of M. H ger. Furthermore, the character of Graham Bretton is widely acknowledged to have been modelled upon Bront 's publisher, George Murray Smith, who was her suitor at one time. The novel is initially set in the English countryside, and later follows Lucy Snowe to the fictional Belgian town of Villette, a Gothic town where the majority of the action takes place. Villette is modelled upon the city of Brussels and is set in the fictional kingdom of Labassecour (modelled on Belgium). "Labassecour" is the French word for farmyard. (wikipedia.org)

Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Bront . After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. Villette was Charlotte Bront 's third and last novel; it was preceded by The Professor (her posthumously published first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley. In 1842 Charlotte Bront , at the age of 26, travelled to Brussels, Belgium, with her sister Emily. There they enrolled in a pensionnat (boarding school) run by M. and Mme. Constantin H ger. In return for board and tuition, Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music. The sisters' time at the pensionnat was cut short when their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, died in October 1842. Elizabeth had joined the Bront family to care for their children after the death of Maria Bront , n e Maria Branwell, the mother of the Bront sisters. Charlotte returned, alone, to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the pensionnat. Her second stay in Brussels was not a happy one. She became lonely and homesick, and fell in love with M. H ger, a married man. She finally returned to her family's rectory in Haworth, England, in January 1844. Charlotte drew on this source material for her first (albeit unsuccessful) novel The Professor. After several publishers had rejected it, Bront reworked the material and made it the basis of Villette. Most literary historians believe that the character of M. Paul Emanuel is closely based upon that of M. H ger. Furthermore, the character of Graham Bretton is widely acknowledged to have been modelled upon Bront 's publisher, George Murray Smith, who was her suitor at one time. The novel is initially set in the English countryside, and later follows Lucy Snowe to the fictional Belgian town of Villette, a Gothic town where the majority of the action takes place. Villette is modelled upon the city of Brussels and is set in the fictional kingdom of Labassecour (modelled on Belgium). "Labassecour" is the French word for farmyard. (wikipedia.org)

Lucy Snowe is a 14-year-old girl staying at the home of her godmother Mrs. Bretton in the clean and ancient town of Bretton. Also in residence are Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham, and Polly, a peculiar little girl whose visit is cut short when her father arrives to take her away. Soon after Polly's departure Lucy leaves Mrs. Bretton's home and moves on. Some years pass, during which a family tragedy leaves Lucy without family, home, or means. Lucy travels from her native England to Villette, a French-speaking town in Belgium, to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.

After refusing his uncle's proposals to become clergyman, young William Crimsworth seeks work as a tradesman and becomes a clerk to his rich brother Edward. Edward, being jealous of William's education and intelligence, treats him terribly, so William leaves the position and gains a new job at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium. Soon, William's merits as a professor reach the ears of the headmistress of the neighboring girls school. Mlle. Reuter offers him a position at her school, which he accepts. Initially captivated by Mlle. Reuter, William begins to entertain ideas of falling in love with her.

V nebolshom provintsialnom anglijskom gorodke dejstvuet zhestokoe tajnoe obschestvo, pletutsja intrigi i khranjatsja opasnye tajny samykh bogatykh i respektabelnykh semejstv. No prezhde vsego v nem razygryvaetsja drama dvukh silnykh molodykh zhenschin - bednoj siroty Karoliny Khelstoun, tajno vljublennoj v sostojatelnogo fabrikanta Mura, i ee luchshej podrugi - bogatoj naslednitsy Sherli Kildar, podarivshej serdtse mladshemu bratu Mura - skromnomu molodomu uchitelju Lui. Mur, umnyj i energichnyj, no ne otlichajuschijsja svetskimi manerami uveren: Karolina, poluchivshaja prekrasnoe obrazovanie, preziraet ego. Lui, v svoju ochered, ponimaet: on ne rovnja ocharovatelnoj Sherli. Kazhetsja, soedinit eti pary mozhet tolko chudo...

Inspired by a box of wooden toy soldiers given as a present to her elder brother Branwell in 1826, Charlotte Brontë created, together with her siblings, a series of tales set in the imaginary realm of Glass Town. In ‘The Green Dwarf’, against the backdrop of war, the arrogant aristocrat Colonel Percy and the enigmatic Mr Leslie are vying for the affections of the beautiful Lady Emily. Soon, with the rivals both on the front line, and with the scheming Percy hatching a plot that involves the mysterious Green Dwarf, Leslie finds himself facing danger on all sides…Full of tragedy and passion, love and rivalry, the five sweeping tales contained in this volume display the precocious talent, lively imagination and flair for storytelling of the young Charlotte Brontë.

This stunning collection of six clothbound books in a slipcase contains some of the most beloved works written by the Bront sisters. With unforgettable characters such as Heathcliff, Jane Eyre and Agnes Grey, these striking tales of passion, yearning and heartache will move and shake readers to the core. Their messages of authenticity and feminism remain powerful today and are essential for any bookshelf. These complete and unabridged novels feature beautiful embossed cover designs in high-quality cloth, matching colored endsheets and a decorative slipcase with cloth accents on the top and bottom. This deluxe box set makes a beautiful gift for any literature lover. Includes: - Jane Eyre - Agnes Grey - Villette - Wuthering Heights - The Professor - The Tenant of Wildfell HallABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Collector's Classics series are high-quality, clothbound box-sets of classic works of literature. With elegant embossed cover-designs and colored endpapers, these editions make wonderful gifts or collectibles to treasure forever.

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. Orphaned Jane Eyre has endured a life of austerity and hardship until she is appointed governess at Thornfield Hall by its remote and brooding master, Edward Rochester. When the two finally meet, they are drawn together and Jane's future appears to be secure. But Rochester harbours a dark secret that bars their path to happiness. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques. With wonderful original, detailed and embossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.

n Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte opened a new road for the English novel by making the heroine plain and penniless and by striking off the shackles of literary and moral convention relating to women's capacity for passionate experience. Though the book shocked some early readers, its union of the dramatic and commonplace, its deeply felt indignation, and its forceful presentation of reality tempered by imagination quickly established it among the masterpieces of fiction. As a social document it is outstanding among the purposive novels of the 1840's as a sustained achievement in the art of storytelling it is timeless.

Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bront are the world's most famous literary siblings. They were very close and during childhood developed their imaginations first through oral storytelling and play set in an intricate imaginary world, and then through the collaborative writing of increasingly complex stories set therein. Their work has grown in popularity over the almost two centuries since they were written. This edition collects their great novels: Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bront ), Wuthering Heights (Emily Bront ), andThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bront ).

The Professor was based on Bronte's experiences in Brussels as a pupil and teacher at Constantin H ger's school for girls. In the novel William Crimsworth, an Englishman, becomes a teacher in Brussels and falls in love with a fellow teacher. Crimsworth is based on H ger, to whom Bront was devoted. In her novel Villette (1853), she used plot material from The Professor and expanded the character of Crimsworth into that of Paul Emanuel.

With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Bronte reached the height of her artistic power. Villette is Bront 's most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There, she unexpectedly her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Gineva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette. The first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape. Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life's journey - a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman's consciousness in English literature.

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Roman izvestnoj anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Sharlotty Bronte - klassika zhenskoj literatury. V nem est' vse, ot chego tak zamiraet serdce: pervoe robkoe chuvstvo, obmanutye nadezhdy, vernye druz'ja i nastojashhaja ljubov'. Sud'ba geroini tragichna, no, nesmotrja na mnozhestvo zhiznennyh trudnostej, Dzhejn nahodit v sebe sily borot'sja za svoe schast'e Jeto - odna iz samyh znamenityh knig vseh vremen i narodov. Kniga, na kotoroj vyrosli pokolenija i pokolenija chitatel'nic. Kniga, kotoraja ne stareet i ne terjaet svoego obajanija. Kniga, kotoraja jekranizirovalas' besschetnoe kolichestvo raz, odnako dazhe udachnye jekranizacii ne v silah byli peredat' vsju ee prelest' i vsju silu ee vozdejstvija na zhenskoe serdce. Jeto Dzhejn Jejr - odin iz nemnogih ljubovnyh romanov, voshedshih v zolotoj fond mirovoj literatury. Kniga s illjustracijami