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Month: February 2025
‘Miss Austen’ – the BBC drama reviewed
‘She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow, I had not a thought concealed from her, and it is as if I had lost a part of myself’ (Cassandra Austen’s words about her sister Jane after Jane’s death) Miss 2025 marks the 250th anniversary year of… Read More
Charlotte Brontë and ‘Villette’ in Context
On first publication in 1853 Villette received a rather varied reception, and did not achieve the same level of success as Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë and ‘Villette’ intext This was Brontë’s fourth written novel and third to be published. It was also the final novel to be published during her lifetime. Her first written novel… Read More