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Literature in English, British Isles
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
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Reading Charlotte Bronte Reading, Madhumita Gupta
Reading Charlotte Bronte Reading, Madhumita Gupta
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This essay considers the significance of undirected childhood reading on an author’s mind and the reason some authors reference specific real books in their fiction. I argue that independent reading (as against schooling or formal education), and the direct and indirect references to certain books in Jane Eyre[1] were deliberate, well-thought-out inclusions for specific purposes at different points in the story. When a title pointedly says Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, it is probable that a significant part of the author’s life has seeped into her creation which makes it essential to consider the relevant parts of her life to …