I mentioned before that we were going to have a talk about the Victorians. Here's the
deal. I majorly, majorly adore the Victorians. They wrote like nobody's
business, exploring all these big, huge, compassionate ideas in an
era of Radical and Tumultuous Change Dickens, George Eliot, Thackeray, the Brontë sisters and the gang are basically the bee's knees,
although that unfamiliar terminology would probably leave them bemused
and then they would assume it had something improprietous to do with legs and
they'd think I was a young hussy.
And I want to read MORE of them! I figured a good place to start would be a comprehensive Brontë sister readthrough. I mean, I always
say I
love them but it's not really justified because I read
Jane Eyre and hearted its face to death, like you
do, obviously, and then I forced myself to finish
Wuthering Heights and
acknowledge its brilliance even though I was like "I'm going to slap
you Cathy you saucy wench WHY AREN'T YOU LIKE MY LITERARY SOULMATE
JANE?!"
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Cathy really is the worst. |
But no more. I'm going to read through all the published novels of
those wonderful sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne. In order of
publication:
The Professor (it was actually
published last after Charlotte’s death but it
was the first thing she
tried to publish and I just need to get it over with),
Jane Eyre,
Wuthering Heights,
Agnes Grey,
The (David)
Tenant of Wildfell Hall,
Shirley and
Villette. I now embark on my reading quest! It shall be beautiful and edifying! Except for
The Professor.
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