tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post4496368983531968328..comments2024-03-14T07:34:26.650+01:00Comments on BrontëBlog: That naughty book Jane EyreCristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14863082224534612494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post-60338630540254268712016-03-11T10:53:43.495+01:002016-03-11T10:53:43.495+01:00Lucasta Miller here, like in other texts I've ...Lucasta Miller here, like in other texts I've read from her, seems to overplay Charlotte's Tory sympathies. Where exactly does she find proof for her claim that she was a 'lifelong' Tory? Growing up in a Tory home, her early writing suggests a certain tendency towards the party, in her choice of reading material and some statements on political issues. But growing up, she cast party loyalties aside quite explicitly. <br /><br />Examples from letters:<br /><br />1848: “Political partisanship is what I would ever wish to avoid as much as religious bigotry; both errors seeming to me fatal to fair views of mankind in general, and just estimate of individual character.“<br /><br />1852: "To me, all ministries and all oppositions seem to be be pretty much alike. D'Israeli was factious as leader of the Opposition, Lord John Russel is going to be factious, now that he has stepped into D'Israeli’s shoes. Confound them all.“Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com