charlotte brontë emma by charlotte bronte illustrated

Thanks to my time here at Ohio State, I know I - like Jane - can carve my own path.

Rochester, she is an independent and wealthy woman. She carves a path for herself in the world, doing what she loves most. Rochester so deeply, and because she fights for her own independence. It also led me to what I hope will be my life’s work: Following commencement, I plan to pursue a graduate degree in library and information science.Īnd why, you may ask, Jane Eyre? Jane touches my heart because she loves Mr. Similarly, when I discovered this collection of Brontë novels, I knew my role as a student assistant in Thompson Library Special Collections’ Rare Books and Manuscripts Library was a perfect fit. When I saw the book was required reading in a class during my first year at Ohio State, I immediately felt I was in the right place. Brontë, who was born just after Emma’s 1815 debut, wrote her editor William Smith Williams a letter detailing her feelings about the book some 35 years later in 1850. jane eyre by charlotte bront retold by jenny pereira 112 page fully illustrated book.

My fondness is for Charlotte Brontë in particular, as her Jane Eyre has long been my favorite novel. Jane Eyre Collins Classroom Classics By Charlotte Bront Emma Page. It’s the very reason why, if pressed to choose one object at Ohio State that means more to me than any other, I would pick this publisher’s box and the Brontë sisters’ works within it. There was nothing like reading one of my favorite lines in my favorite book from an original 1872 edition. For graduating senior Emma Hassel, it’s No. This 1872 boxed set of seven volumes of writings by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte is among tens of thousands of treasures in University Libraries’ Special Collections.

Charlotte brontë emma by charlotte bronte illustrated