Sequel to Jane Eyre: Themes: Impact of sexual abuse legacy; patriarchy; marriage; colonial heritage;
Dear all. Take a look at my page. Have a look at the video for my book which gives you an overview of the historical aspects of my work.
Please look me up on Amazon, or with Barnes and Noble.
My work is a tentative sequel to Jane Eyre. It follows on from Charlotte Bronte's (can't find the umlaut), themes of patriarchy, marriage and abuse; and tries to imagine things from Bertha's perspective.
After reading Wide Sargasso Sea and other books which look at colonial heritage and patriarchy issues, I was inspired to write it.
I also became interested in The History of the English language, and accents and dialect, which is why I am playful in the first chapter, and the way a certain RP accent was perpetuated at a period in history. I wanted to make a record of the dying out of that accent too.
I hope you like my work, and you might want to put a review up if you do.
All the best,
Hermione
Please look me up on Amazon, or with Barnes and Noble.
My work is a tentative sequel to Jane Eyre. It follows on from Charlotte Bronte's (can't find the umlaut), themes of patriarchy, marriage and abuse; and tries to imagine things from Bertha's perspective.
After reading Wide Sargasso Sea and other books which look at colonial heritage and patriarchy issues, I was inspired to write it.
I also became interested in The History of the English language, and accents and dialect, which is why I am playful in the first chapter, and the way a certain RP accent was perpetuated at a period in history. I wanted to make a record of the dying out of that accent too.
I hope you like my work, and you might want to put a review up if you do.
All the best,
Hermione
Published on July 12, 2013 06:19
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This revolution in writing that is taking place is interesting. There are so many people writing, or at least maybe there always were, only now we have the opportunity to read more authors. This is in
This revolution in writing that is taking place is interesting. There are so many people writing, or at least maybe there always were, only now we have the opportunity to read more authors. This is interesting. I think it is great that new authors get to share their work early with potential readers, as they get feed back and encouragement early on in the writing life; something that was never possible in the not-so-distant past. At the London Book Fair it was noted that out of kindle's top authors, 15% were self-published. Interesting...
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