Charlotte Brontë

...fix thanks to Bella's dreams. Woohoo Edward: Our romantic hero's name was inspired by "Edward Fairfax Rochester" from classic Charlotte Bronte novel Jane Eyre. Forks: The real-life town boasts its own Bella Burger served in popular local...

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At the low end they are all forgotten; at the high end they range from Jonathan Swift and Walter Scott to Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. As so often in the past, something, in the end, persuaded Magnanti to come clean. The newspaper...

In this article: Belle de Jour, Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen

...real bitch-fest. De Quincey goes for Wordsworth's legs ('not a well-made man'); DH Lawrence calls Jane Austen an old maid, and Charlotte Bronte, having written Jane Eyre, a pornographer. However, when Noel Coward says of Oscar Wilde, 'what a...

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...time (men, that is; they dealt with women in an earlier poll), top honors went to Rochester, the brooding hunk at the heart of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Though I'm a huge fan of Jane Eyre - I reread my well-thumbed copy at least once a...

In this article: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Eyre, Rochester, Rhett Butler, Richard Sharpe, and Scarlett O'Hara

...fans thirst for more well-written stories about rebellious men and mysterious forces, they're turning to authors such as Emily and Charlotte Bronte. "Yes, vampires help sales," said Elda Rotor, editorial director for Penguin Classics. "In a...

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...to his person - while at the same time brilliantly satirising the hypochondria of others in his work. Charlotte Bronte: Author Bronte claimed to have suffered a fit of hypochondria while teaching at Roe Head, Mirfield, West...

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...empathy for any of the characters, at least in part because they're originally written as miserable, selfish wretches. Unlike in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, in which readers/viewers are clearly expected to sympathize with Jane while they...

In this article: Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, Angela Scoular, Bonnie and Clyde, Jane Eyre, and Ian McShane

Bront�'s Mr Rochester named most romantic literary character Charlotte Bronte's brooding Byronic hero Mr Rochester has been named the most romantic literary character in a poll. Published: 2:05PM BST 13 Oct 2009 Rochester, the lead...

In this article: Bronte, Champagne, Pride and Prejudice, Bernard Cornwell, Mills & Boon, Richard Sharpe, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Jane Austen

...when she answers the trilling phone of a dead man in a cafe. Ruhl compares Jean to the quiet, passive heroine, Lucy Snowe, in Charlotte Bronte's novel "Villette. '' "It's almost like [Lucy] is an invisible or ghostly presence, in a way,''...

In this article: Sarah Ruhl, Paula Vogel, Brown University, Boston, and NEW YORK

...an escape it's got that slightly fairytale aspect to it. But it's also got such incredible sophistication and emotional depth. Charlotte Bronte has such a strong individual voice. With the Booker I think that would be one way of summing up...

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