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Bronte, Charlotte

1816 – 1855

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Entries: Deictic - "If not prepared for, a deictic has the effect of involving the reader in the discourse in medias res, as in the first sentence of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre: 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.'" Early Victorian Age - "In the novel [...] the Bronte sisters [...] flourished." Fantasy - "The Bronte children created a fantasy world called Gondal, which they equipped with a geography, history, and even newspapers." Gothic Novel - "The novels of [...] Charlotte Bronte [...] contain materials and devices traceable to the Gothic novel." Life and Letters - "...Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857) belong[s] in this category." Note - "A.C. Swinburne entitled a book A Note on Charlotte Bronte." Romantic Period (English) - Included in a list of notable novelists of the age.

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1846
Poems - Bronte sisters
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1847
Jane Eyre - C. Bronte
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1853
Villette - C. Bronte
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