The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte, (Paperback)

from whitreidtan

I still have my copy of Jane Eyre from when I was nine so I am easily the target audience for this fictionalized take on Charlotte Bronte's inner life. Yes, I fell in love with Jane and Rochester when I brought home a rather large mass market sized book fresh from the always enticing Scholastic B...

from Redhope

I enjoyed this book as biographical fiction. I read it hot on the heels of Charles and Emma - both deal with illness and untimely death within families in Victorian England. It would seem that illness and disease were rampant even among more affluent folks. I think this book certainly serves as a...

from m.belljackson

Intriguing historical fiction carries the plot through the seemingly never-to-end 6 to 8 year prelude of Charlotte's marriage to Arthur Nicholls. Syria James causes Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and their father to become lively and imaginative characters whose quirks and prejudices are wildly out in t...

from lisa.isselee

I rated this book 4 stars, but only when viewing it as a work of fiction. It is a very romanticized re telling of her life. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. Although I expected there to be more about her writing, but I guess there is only a limited amount of material to work with. I do recommend this...

from whitreidtan

I still have my copy of Jane Eyre from when I was nine so I am easily the target audience for this fictionalized take on Charlotte Bronte's inner life. Yes, I fell in love with Jane and Rochester when I brought home a rather large mass market sized book fresh from the always enticing Scholastic B...