The definitive biography of one of English literature's most
beloved, and misunderstood, female writers.
"If men could see us as we really are, they would be amazed," wrote
Charlotte Bronte, the outwardly conventional parson's daughter who
rarely met any men beyond those of the church of classroom, and
whose work "Jane Eyre" would bring her good name scandal and
notoriety for the rest of her short and tragic life.
Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte's first biographer, attempted to clear
Charlotte of the charges of passionate immorality that were leveled
at her--as unmarried woman no less. Rebecca Fraser, 130 years
later, places Charlotte's life within the framework of contemporary
attitudes towards woman, and addresses how attitudes and
perceptions of Charlotte have or haven't changed since the
Victorian era. An invaluable contribution to Bronte scholarship,
Fraser's biography brings forth only admiration for a woman
prepared to stand out against some of the cruelest Victorian ideas
about her sex.
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