Claire
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Luccia Gray:
If you had the opportunity to meet Charlotte Bronte, what would be the one thing you would ask her?
Luccia Gray
Good afternoon Claire,
Thank you for asking and sorry for my belated reply.
That's a really hard question to answer! I once said in an interview that I'd love to spend an afternoon watching Charlotte Bronte, and listening to her, and other Victorian authors, just chatting about life and literature...
I've read her novels, biographies and letters, so I have the feeling I know her enough to imagine that Jane Eyre was her fantasy. Charlotte would have liked to be as daring as Jane, but I'm afraid Charlotte was a bird ensnared in a cage, who gained her freedom through writing about a strong, assertive, and determined young woman, who dared to think and behave independently.
I'm more interested in Jane than Charlotte, so I'd ask Charlotte about Jane Eyre's future:
How do you see Jane Eyre Rochester twenty-two years after her marriage?
Thank you for asking and sorry for my belated reply.
That's a really hard question to answer! I once said in an interview that I'd love to spend an afternoon watching Charlotte Bronte, and listening to her, and other Victorian authors, just chatting about life and literature...
I've read her novels, biographies and letters, so I have the feeling I know her enough to imagine that Jane Eyre was her fantasy. Charlotte would have liked to be as daring as Jane, but I'm afraid Charlotte was a bird ensnared in a cage, who gained her freedom through writing about a strong, assertive, and determined young woman, who dared to think and behave independently.
I'm more interested in Jane than Charlotte, so I'd ask Charlotte about Jane Eyre's future:
How do you see Jane Eyre Rochester twenty-two years after her marriage?
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