A free Tuesday talk at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:
Early Response to Charlotte's Published Writings
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
02:00pm - 02:30pm
'... admirable if written by a man, odious if written by a woman ...' was a comment in a contemporary review of Jane Eyre. This talk explores this response and others by early critics of the first to be published and most successful novel of Charlotte Brontë.
Free with admission to the Museum.
And at the Morgan Library & Library in New York:
Reading Charlotte Brontë
Jennifer Minnen, scholar of Victorian literature and PhD Candidate at Princeton University, leads a reading group on Charlotte Brontë’s final novel, Villette, in the historic family rooms of the nineteenth-century Morgan house. The novel follows protagonist Lucy Snowe as she travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls’ school. The reading group will explore the novel’s psychological landscapes, autobiographical strains, and Gothic echoes as Lucy matches wits with her scheming employer, unravels a tangled romance, and wrestles with her own independence. Participants will be reading from the Oxford World’s Classic 2008 edition of the novel. Light refreshments will be provided. Advance tickets are required, as space is limited.
Second session will take place on Tuesday, December 13.
Tuesday, November 1, 3–4:30 pm, Volume I and Volume II
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