Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes

While Emily, Anne, and Branwell make many appearances, Charlotte's siblings are featured mostly as points of comparison.

Fawkes not only focuses on her subject's harsh life but also highlights the moments of joy and pure imagination abundant in the famous literary family's early days. School Library Journal - Gr 7 Up-This graphic work about the author of Jane Eyre captures Charlotte Brontë's spirit, talent, and drive.

A panel discussion afterward helps readers parse fact from invention and glimpse behind the scenes of this inventive biography. Her voice, too, comes through clearly Fawkes writes in an author’s note that she incorporated many of Charlotte’s own words, taken from letters and writing, into the dialogue. Sharp-faced, sharp-tongued Charlotte shines through, easily distinguishable in the art. In moody, cool-toned illustrations, Fawkes’ graphic biography measures out Charlotte’s early life, making its way through a childhood peppered with tragedies and an early adulthood met with rejection and roadblocks. She spent her early life with her five siblings, wandering the remote moors of England, playing fanciful games, and writing stories and poems with her sisters. Before that, she was a teacher at a boarding school before that, she had attended boarding schools herself, and lost sisters to their poor conditions. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/10/19)īooklist - Before she wrote Jane Eyre, one of the world’s best-known novels and one that’s never been out of print since its 1847 publication, Charlotte Brontë wrote another novel, The Professor, that was roundly rejected by publishers. Bronte, Charlotte, - 1816-1855 - Childhood and youthĮnglish women novelists - 19th century - BiographyĮnglish novelists - 19th century - BiographyĪ graphic novel biography of Charlotte Bronte, following her and her siblings from childhood to the publication of Jane Eyre.

Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes