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Oct 23, 2024 | 
service95.com | Rebecca Cope |Jane Austen |Charlotte Brontë |Erin Morgenstern
Unsplash Book Club, Culture, Books | By If I had to guess the number of times that I’ve gifted someone a copy of Donna Tartt’s debut novel, The Secret History, I’d estimate 10. If I had to guess the number of times that I’d read it, I’d wager the total could be counted on four hands by now. My favourite book tells the story of an isolated group of classics students at a prestigious East Coast university in the US, who we discover from the very first pages are involved in the murder of a classmate.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
culturecalling.com | Charlotte Brontë
As a child, the orphaned Jane Eyre is taught by a succession of severe guardians to stifle her natural exuberance. A part of herself is locked away, out of view of polite society... until she arrives at Rochester's house as a governess to his young child. Soon Rochester's passionate nature reawakens Jane's hidden self, but darker secrets are stirring in the attic…Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane Eyre is as inspiring as ever.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Jane Austen |Charlotte Brontë |Leo Tolstoy |Rosamund Bartlett
It is a truth universally acknowledged that even if you already own a copy of a book, you can still be tempted by a different edition when you see it in a bookstore.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
inkl.com | Charlotte Brontë
From left: Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, Jennifer Ehle and Polly Maberly in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice, Rachel Cooke and her friend Kitty on holiday in France c1986. Composite: Somerville College, Oxford, Alamy, Rachel Cooke My oldest friend has the same name as me: Rachel. But I call her Kitty, a variation on her surname. We have been close for more than 40 years.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
news24online.com | Charlotte Brontë |Jane Austen |Louisa May Alcott |Virginia Woolf
A novel blending romance and mystery, following orphaned Jane Eyre and her love for Mr. Rochester.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
readersdigest.in | James Hilton |Charlotte Brontë |Helene Hanff |Susanna Clarke
Goodbye Mr Chips By James Hilton, Hodder Paperbacks,
This slim novella tells the life story of an English boarding school teacher over several decades, including the world wars. Hilton brings to life the grand sweep of history, and the vanishing of eras, without budging from the location of a countryside school.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte, Fingerprint! Publishing,
My comfort read. I go back to it again and again, especially when I am low or agitated.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
thepublicdiscourse.com | Alexandra Davis |Charlotte Brontë |Leo Tolstoy |Mary Shelley
Editors’ Note: Our editorial team compiled a list of the books we are reading, or plan to read, this summer. Here are our top picks, ranging from provocative to purely entertaining; from classic literature to psychology; from laid-back reads for family vacations to texts worth sitting with and returning to again and again. May they challenge, stretch, inspire, and delight you.
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May 14, 2024 | 
audible.com | Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre is a beloved novel by 19th-century English author Charlotte Brontë. Written from a first-person perspective, the story follows the life of its titular heroine and narrator, starting with her troubled childhood. Orphaned at a young age, Jane is first mistreated by her aunt, the cruel Mrs. Reed, and then sent to the harsh Lowood School for underprivileged girls. Later, she becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester, and falls in love—hard.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
primer.com.au | Laura Brading |Charlotte Brontë |Sally Rooney |Donna Tartt
"I still have the illustrated hardcover copy my mother gave me when I was about 10. I reread the love confession scene in the garden all the time.""I zoomed through it in a Mexico City hotel room one evening, taking it with me even to the bath.""I read it for the first time right after it came out in 1992 and read it every other year at least. Usually in the fall because it’s so autumnal!""Are they good? Sort of?
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
portugal.postsen.com | Charlotte Brontë |George Orwell |Clarice Lispector |Gabriel García Márquez
- Reading classic books can scare even those who are used to the rhythms of Literature. This is because these are works that, for the most part, present a different logic to what is most frequently consumed.
