Charlotte Bronte's biographer, Claire Harman, discusses the writer's experience as a governess, as seen in her letters. Show more
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Claire Harman discusses the two years Charlotte Bronte spent as a mature student in Belgium, at a school run by Zoe and Constantin Heger, and the turbulent epistolary aftermath. Show more
The Essay
I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte
Episode 3: I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte: Lyndall Gordon on Charlotte Bronte and Robert Southey
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Lyndall Gordon examines Charlotte Bronte's response to advice from poet laureate Robert Southey that 'Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life'. Show more
Jane Shilling considers Charlotte feelings as she wrote a letter to a friend bemoaning her lack of achievement, shortly before beginning her greatest work, Jane Eyre. Show more
Novelist Rachel Joyce discusses Charlotte Bronte's reflections on becoming a literary sensation in her 'such men as Mr Thackeray' letter. Show more