Many people start reading Charlotte's book from Jane Eyre. But the first book I read is Emma, the unfinished book by Charlotte. No evidence shows which parts were written by Charlotte and which were not. Likely that Charlotte wrote broken pieces of the story before she left this world.
The second book I read is Jane Eyre, the fomous one. The book is amazing, I found almost every sentence, from the beginning to the end, is interesting and brilliant. I feel terror, tense, sympathy and sometimes, shock. All this intensive feeling mingled together and drawed me to the book.
Thus, finally, Jane Eyre became one of my favorite books. And I want to learn more about the author, Charlotte Bronte.
I found some reading regard the life of Charlotte, two of the important ones are Elizabeth's The Life of Charlotte Bronte and Reid's Charlotte Bronte.
The former one is the earliest biography of Brontes. It is more like a story than merely a biography, judging from the style and language of writing as well as the fact that Eliz keyed the tone of Bronte's life as sad, hard and depressed.
The later, has fixed the disadvantages of Eliz's work but not particularlly interesting. The last chapter devotes to the critic of Brontes' works, not only Charlotte but also Anna and Emily.
I am now reread Jane Eyre every day before I lie myself in the bed. Having gained understanding of Brontes, I may draw some fresh and truer understanding of Jane Eyre. Later, I will start reading the other stories written by Bronte Sisiters.
It is quite an interesting and rewarding journey of reading these intelligent books!
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