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Thursday, March 02, 2006

Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:21 pm by M. in , , ,    No comments
As today is the World Book Day (in the UK and Ireland, anyway) it's a good chance to introduce this new book published this month:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die written by Peter Boxall and published by Cassell Illustrated. We are not aware of the complete list and we are not sure if the list is very trustworthy (you can read this post with different reviews of the book) but we know that Jane Eyre is included.
The Scotsman selects some titles fromthe list and some of them are Brontë-related:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Author: Anne Brontë First published: 1848
A sensational story of alcoholism and domestic abuse, The Tenant of WiIdfell Hall scandalised reviewers on its publication. It is a powerful portrayal of a young woman's marriage to a Regency rake, her struggle to reform him and her flight in order to protect their son against his father's corruption. Told largely from Helen Huntingdon's point of view, through letters and journals, the novel recounts an abusive relationship at a time in British history when married women had few legal rights.


Wide Sargasso Sea
Author: Jean Rhys First published: 1966
WIDE Sargasso Sea is Jean Rhys's literary response to Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Rhys takes as her starting point Brontë's animalistic, sexualised depiction of Bertha Mason, Edward Rochester's insane first wife. In rewriting this literary classic, Rhys allows Antoinette to speak (Bertha is revealed as Rochester's imposed name for his wife) and also explores the uneven desires and fears that have dominated relationships between the Caribbean and Europe. Rhys sets the events in Wide Sargasso Sea against slavery's ending in the Caribbean and positions Antoinette between the black and European communities
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EDIT:
We have found the complete list of the books included in the selection on this post. Jane Eyre, Villette and Shirley from Charlotte, Wuthering Heights from Emily and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey from Anne.

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