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Brontë’s revolution (Charlotte was born 200 years ago yesterday)
Financial times ^ | 4/21/2016 | Claire Harman

Posted on 04/22/2016 9:27:09 AM PDT by Borges

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Interesting quotation. Charlotte’s description of the hypocritical clergyman at the girls’ school is especially sharp. The worst thing about it, is that it was drawn from life, and Charlotte maintained that there was no exaggeration, but rather the opposite.


21 posted on 04/26/2016 10:15:41 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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