The secret history of Jane Eyre
Subtitle: how Charlotte Brontë wrote her masterpiece
By: John Pfordresher
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780393248876
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Authorship
Description: The story behind Charlotte Brontë's beloved classic examines how and why she emphatically concealed her authorship from even her closest friends to hide difficult parallels in her own life, including an invalid father, a dissolute sibling, and her passion for a married man.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Secret history; title: The red-room; title: Injustice; title: The first girl; title: A situation; title: The master; title: Cord of communion; title: The fury; title: Desolation; title: Perfect congeniality; title: An independent woman.