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Brontë sisters mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Brontë thought their detecting days were behind them, but a terrifying new discovery draws them into a devlish new mystery. Haworth Parsonage, February 1846: It's been six months since the case of the vanished bride, and the Brontë sisters- Anne, Emily, and Charlotte-have received a steady dribble of inquiries made to Bell Brothers and Company solicitors, but nothing to really thrill them. Having found a publisher for...
7) The antihero
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Pub. Date
c2016
Description
This title examines the role and theme of the antihero archetype in Macbeth, Wuthering Heights, Notes from Underground, and Native Son. It features four analysis papers that consider the antihero theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for analysis help students understand the mechanics...
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Bronte Sisters mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Yorkshire, 1845. A young wife and mother has gone missing from her home, leaving behind two small children and a large pool of blood. Just a few miles away, a humble parson’s daughters—the Brontë sisters—learn of the crime. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are horrified and intrigued by the mysterious disappearance. These three creative, energetic, and resourceful women quickly realize that they have all the skills required to make for...
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Pub. Date
2010
Description
Isolated in provincial Haworth, sometimes venturing out into the wider world but always drawn back home out of a sense of duty or disappointment or homesickness, tending to die young, the Brontë sisters lived lives narrowed both by preference and circumstance. How did they produce such astonishing fiction? Morgan (An Accomplished Woman, 2009) cleaves closely to the facts in this fictionalized biography, beginning with mother Maria's death in 1821...
10) Brontë
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"In the English countryside of the nineteenth century, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë-coping with an elderly father and a brother dedicated to drinking-find themselves confronting their family's stormy economic forturnes. And they do it their own way: overcoming difficulties and first failures with pride and courage; transforming their creative talents into a source of sustenance; and finally living lives of freedom."--
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Meet the incredible Bronte family - Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte are no ordinary children. Growing up on the wild, lonely moors of Yorkshire, they have nothing to entertain them but their imaginations and each other. So they invent extraordinary imaginery worlds, full of wars and love stories, soldiers, heroes and villains, ruled over by powerful women. As they grow up, the Brontes discover that the real world isn't such a great place...
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Pride & prejudice: Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful...
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Pub. Date
2008
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Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of plagiarism, the normally mild-mannered Charlotte Brontë sets off for London to clear her name. But when she unintentionally witnesses a murder, Charlotte finds herself embroiled in a dangerous chain of events that forces her to confront demons from her past.--From publisher description.