'I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.' We collect some of the most heartening statements of independence from Bronte's heroines Jane Eyre and Lucy Snowe as in the face of temptation, hardship and heartache they cling determinedly to their own principles.
Selected from Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre and Villette. VINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human
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