"I have written about the joys of love. I have, in my secret heart, long
dreamt of an intimate connection with a man; every Jane, I believe,
deserves her Rochester."
Though poor, plain, and unconnected, Charlotte Bronte possesses a deeply
passionate side which she reveals only in her writings--creating Jane
Eyre and other novels that stand among literature's most beloved works.
Living a secluded life in the wilds of Yorkshire with her sisters Emily
and Anne, their drug-addicted brother, and an eccentric father who is
going blind, Charlotte Bronte dreams of a real love story as fiery as
the ones she creates.
But it is in the pages of her diary where Charlotte exposes her deepest
feelings and desires--and the truth about her life, its triumphs and
shattering disappointments, her family, the inspiration behind her work,
her scandalous secret passion for the man she can never have . . . and
her intense, dramatic relationship with the man she comes to love, the
enigmatic Arthur Bell Nicholls.
"Who is this man who has dared to ask for my hand? Why is my father so
dead set against him? Why are half the residents of Haworth determined
to lynch him--or shoot him?"
From Syrie James, the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Lost Memoirs
of Jane Austen, comes a powerfully compelling, intensely researched
literary feat that blends historical fact and fiction to explore the
passionate heart and unquiet soul of Charlotte Bronte. It is Charlotte's
story, just as she might have written it herself.
