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Education, Rebellion, and Morality: Jane Eyre V-X
Warning: If you haven’t read Chapters 5-10 of Jane Eyre, this article will spoil plot points. I recommend you read the first four...
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Apr 293 min read
The Contradictions of the Victorian Child: Jane Eyre I-IV
If we want to understand Jane Eyre, we have to start at the beginning—her childhood. How are Victorian ideas about the inner lives of children accepted and rejected in Charlotte Brontë's work?
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Apr 214 min read
How to Start Reading Classic Books
Reading old books can be hard. And while I disagree with the assertion that "classic" is just another word for an old book, many classics...
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Apr 175 min read
Virginia Woolf's Short Story "Blue and Green"
Virginia Woolf was a celebrated modernist writer born in 1882. She spent most of her life in England and helped pioneer stream of...
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Apr 172 min read
The Beginning of the Handbag
“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for...
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Mar 212 min read
The Life of Charlotte Brontë
How could our understanding of the author change our reading of Jane Eyre? When Jane Eyre was published, its title was Jane Eyre: An...
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Mar 123 min read
What Makes a Book a Classic?
Sometimes it seems completely random. What makes a book so memorable we keep coming back to it? You ever wonder what makes a book a...
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Mar 72 min read
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