Daily Archives for: May 18th, 2017

Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë: Alike or Different?

Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë might be linked by their early 19th-century British backgrounds and legions of devotees. They had some similarities in their backgrounds and paths to publication, yet many differences. This isn’t a Jane Austen vs Charlotte Brontë competition; they were both brilliant writers!

Perhaps they’re often compared because they were among the group of British women writers who made an immense contribution to literature in the first part of the 1800s. Read More→


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Quotes by Charlotte Brontë on Her Writing Life

The story of Charlotte Brontë‘s  writing life  is one of sheer genius meeting tireless determination. She and her brilliant sisters Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë took pseudonyms to improve their chances of finding publishers.

The challenges and prejudices they faced in their literary pursuit is described in The Brontë’s Sisters Path To Publication. Following is a sampling of passages and quotes by Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855) on her writing life, starting with an 1846 query letter. Read More→


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