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Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine of "Villette", achieves by degrees an authentic independence from both outer necessity and inward grief. ... Read more

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Dissapointed
Written at a very lonely point in Bronte's life, this book goes back into her history and turns sadnesses of her life into happinesses.However, the ending is not a happy one.I felt like it was not as satisfying as Jane Eyre.Lucy is far too mysterious, we never get to know her. ... Read more

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Read this timeless masterpiece on your Kindle. This special eBook edition also contains illustrations by F.H. Townsend (1868-1920), which appeared in the original 1897 edition. ... Read more

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no illustrations
I bought this edition of Jane Eyre expressly for the original illustrations. Needless to say I was disapointed when in place of the pictures was an icon saying that the image was not available. Hopefully this can be fixed. Aside from the lack of illustrations it was excellent.

where are the illustrations
This is listed as classic with illustrations, however they are not present in this kindle edition.hopefully a future edition will include these . ... Read more

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A classic English novel is retold here in graphic novel format. Set in nineteenth-century England is this story of Jane Eyre, the governess at Thornfield Manor, and Rochester, lord of the manor. They haven fallen in love, but Rochester harbors a tragic secret that threatens to keep them apart. BarronÂ's popular and growing series of Graphic Classics titles introduce many of the worldÂ's literary masterpieces to young readers. Elementary and secondary school teachers will value these books as a way to make great novels and plays accessible to their studentsÂ--especially to those students who resist reading. Presented in graphic novel format, each title tells an absorbing, fast-paced story dramatized with high-quality color illustrations. After delving into any of these stimulating titles, many boys and girls will feel encouraged to discover the joy of reading the masterworks in their original form. Each Graphic Classics title includes a thumbnail biography of the author, a list of his or her important works, a timeline of historic events that helped inspire the story, general notes, and an index. Graphic Classics titles are available in both paperback and hardcover editions ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Few people seeking to avoid the glare of publicity have had more of it turned on them than Charlotte Bronte's husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. Some critics have implied that he not only put a stop to her writing but might even have inadvertently caused her death. Alan Adamson's biography takes recent scholarship into account and adds new material about Nicholl's family, education, and early life in Ireland to give a more balanced view. This book explores why Bronte, cool and often hostile towards Nicholls in the early days of his curacy at Haworth, came to respect and love him, and how Patrick Bronte, her difficult father, grew to rely on him after her death. Drawing on Nicholl's correspondence with, among others, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Nussey and Harriet Martineau, "Mr Charlotte Bronte: The Life of Arthur Bell Nicholls" presents a compelling picture of Nicholls' efforts to emphasize Bronte's literary reputation and curtail speculation about her private life. ... Read more

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a book every Bronte lover should read!
Charlotte Bronte, who created magnetic, passionate heroes on paper, was in her own life a lonely woman who loved two inaccessible, brilliant men who could not love her back. Little did she know that she would find real happiness with the man who lived a minute's walk from her door, Arthur Bell Nicholls, whose story is the subject of this book.For far less than a year until her early tragic death, she was so happily married to him and he adored her. Why did it take so many years for them to find each other as he served her father as curate, adopted her dead sisters' dogs, protected her brother, and actually kept the parsonage roof over her head by doing all the priest's work which her elderly and half blind father could no longer do?In this excellent book, we find out why he was so reticent to feel and then to declare his love for this tiny woman who was then one of the most famous writers in England and once he did, fought for her with a persistence which could not be turned away. Like her heroine Jane Eyre he was poor and obscure, but by no means plain....he was as handsome and strongly built a man as any of the Bronte heroes.

As the years went on, they would have had a job together to find a way for Charlotte to be both happy wife and productive writer, but her friend Mrs. Gaskell, who was also married to a minister, had done it very well. As for Nicholls, he cared for Charlotte's aged father after her death, and spent the rest of his life as curator of her memory.

Wonderfully done!

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Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the W.H. Heinemann Award, and the British Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Prize. ... Read more

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Random House, 1975. Hardcover. 1,185 pages. Hardcover. Pages are clean. Appears to be issued without dustcover. Navy blue cover with gold embossed lettering and design. ... Read more