"THE QUINTESSENTIAL READ Villette by Charlotte Brontë NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë"


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This Combo Collection (Set of 3 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: Villette by Charlotte Brontë NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë




The Routledge History of Literature in English


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This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.




The Madwoman in the Attic


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Called "a feminist classic" by Judith Shulevitz in the New York Times Book Review, this pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Appignanesi that speaks to how The Madwoman in the Attic set the groundwork for subsequent generations of scholars writing about women writers, and why the book still feels fresh some four decades later. "Gilbert and Gubar have written a pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."--Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World




The English Novel


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The Book Is A Standard And Comprehensive Study Of The English Novel. It Would Be Found Highly Useful By The Students, Researchers And Teachers Of English Literature.




The Brontes


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The Absentee


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On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives: his mother cannot buy her way into society no matter how hard he tries, and his father is being ruined by her continued attempts. The young Lord then travels to his home in Ireland, encountering adventure on the way, and discovers that the native residents are being exploited in his father's absence.







The complete novels


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Romantic novels by the Bronte sisters describe obsessive passions and young women making their way in the world, often in revolt against convention.




The English Novel


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Written by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce. Distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. Follows the model of Eagleton’s hugely popular Literary Theory: An Introduction (Second Edition, 1996).




The Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily & Anne Brontë - 8 Books in One Edition


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This collection of the works of Emily, Anne and Charlotte Brontë includes the following novels: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1847 Shirley by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1849 Villette by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1853 The Professor by Charlotte Brontë, was published after her death in 1857 Emma by Charlotte Brontë (unfinished), she wrote only 20 pages of the manuscript which was published in 1860. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1848 Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, published in 1847 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, published in 1848 The Brontë Sisters (1818-1855), Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were sisters and writers whose novels have become classics. Before writing novels, the sisters first published a volume of poetry in 1846. Many novels of the Charlotte, Emily, and Anne are based on women in Victorian England and the difficulties that they faced like few employment opportunities, dependence on men in the families for support, and social expectations.