“Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life,” British poet laureate Robert Southey declaimed in a letter to schoolteacher and aspiring poet and novelist Charlotte Brontë in 1836.
Eleven years later, in October 1847, Brontë refuted Southey’s proclamation when the British publishing firm of Smith, Elder, and Co. brought her Gothic romance Jane Eyre to the Victorian reading public; the novel, produced under the pseudonym Currer Bell, was an immediate critical and commercial success (1847 was a banner year for the Bronte sisters of Haworth, UK: Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey found a publisher, as did Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights).
Today, more than 150 years after Charlotte’s death at a mere three weeks shy of her 39th birthday, her dark and masterfully plotted novel about the ardor between the title character, a strong-willed governess, and her employer, the enigmatic and brooding Edward Fairfax Rochester, not only continues to be widely-read in several languages, but has been translated into feature films and television movies more than 25 times.
I've not seen the new one...looks quite good actually, can't wait. Thanks for the clip!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHave you seen it yet?
xo J~
No, I did not seen it yet.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI am a little bit afraid to be disappointed.
But maybe, I have some days free next week. maybe......