JE is a Fanny with spunk?


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Posted by Amy on September 16, 1997 at 23:41:50:


In reply to This Fanny-ite likes Charlotte Brontė posted by The Mysterious H.C. on September 16, 1997 at 22:50:05

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Yes indeed, I sympathize with both Fanny Price and Jane Eyre, and I don't think they're quite as dissimilar characters as some people might think.

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Henry, isn't there some speculation that, much as Charlotte Bronte couldn't stand Austen's novels, Fanny might have been a model, even if a subconsicous one, for Jane Eyre?




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