Charlotte Brontë: A Passionate Life
- ISBN-10
- 0393314480
- ISBN-13
- 9780393314489
- Series
- Charlotte Brontë
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 418
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Lyndall Gordon
Description
Searches for the real Charlotte Bronte behind the loneliness, loss, and unrequited love--a strong woman with a fierce belief in herself, creative energy, and powerful ambition, who shaped her life and transformed it into art
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