![]() ![]() ![]() Pamela, I am so glad you loved "The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen" and hope you enjoy "The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë" just as much, for it was truly a work of my heart. Gaskell was prejudiced in Charlotte's favor (having been her dear friend), her biography is absolutely relevant and in fact remarkable, since she actually knew Charlotte, visited all the locations in the story herself, and personally interviewed many of the key people in Charlotte's life. Laura, I have a shelf full of dozens of Bronte biographies which I used as sources (in addition to Charlotte's voluminous preserved correspondence), but one of the best is "The Brontes" by Juliet Barker.Īlthough we know that Mrs. I found it easier to write in Charlotte's voice than Jane Austen's, because Charlotte was far more passionate! The difficult part was to avoid Americanisms and anachronisms, which meant checking words throughout the text to be sure they existed and were employed in England in 1854. ![]() It was thrilling to write in Charlotte's voice! To prepare, I read all of Charlotte's novels over and over, and more than 400 of her preserved letters. ![]()
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