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Sunday, October 07, 2007

Sunday, October 07, 2007 12:03 am by M. in ,    No comments
The Summer issue of The Reader (Issue 26) contains two articles about Charlotte Brontë's Shirley:
Charlotte Brontë's lesser known novel, Shirley, is the subject for this issue's 'readers connect'.

Connect with a Classic :Charlotte Brontë,Shirley

John Scrivener A Strange Book
Jane Davis Her Own Woman
On Storyteller's World we can know something more about these articles:
John Scrivener writes:
The catalyst is Shirley herself, who enters the novel almost a third of the way through just when we are wondering why it bears her name… It is - pace the title - Caroline who is the suffering centre of the book. And this seems paradoxical: surely truth and feeling must come with some soaring utterance, some bold claim to speak out loud the language of the heart?
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