{"title":"Charlotte Brontë's 210th Birthday!","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe're celebrating Charlotte's birthday with special offers on our products!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse below...\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"celebrating-charlotte","title":"Celebrating Charlotte Brontë: Transforming Life into Literature in Jane Eyre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Christine Alexander and Sarah L. Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharlotte Brontë filled her wildly successful novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with people, places, and things from everyday life, anchoring the Gothic plot in what was 'real, cool, and solid'. Her reading audience of 1847 would have entered into a fictional world that felt comfortably familiar, populated by wealthy landowners, clergymen, teachers, governesses and servants; enacted in settings including recognisable Yorkshire landscapes and detailed architectural descriptions of manor houses, inns, villages,and cottages; furnished throughout with a host of objects ranging from exotic 'sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red' and 'Tyrian-dyed' curtains to burnt porridge and sewing needles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrating Charlotte Brontë: Transforming Life into Literature in Jane Eyre\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvites the twenty-first century reader into Charlotte's material world, both the world of the author and the world she created in her most famous novel. Providing detailed commentaries and lavishly illustrated with objects and images from the author's own life and times, this book explores Charlotte Brontë's accomplishment in imaginatively transforming her lived experience into a fictional masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brontë Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49814841098574,"sku":"","price":7.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/9665\/9278\/files\/celebrating.jpg?v=1732288052"},{"product_id":"charlotte-bronte-the-lost-manuscripts","title":"Charlotte Brontë: The Lost Manuscripts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributions by Ann Dinsdale, Barbara Heritage, Emma Butcher, Sarah Maier, Ann-Marie Richardson and Charlotte Brontë\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the remarkable story of shipwreck, buried treasure and literary discovery that spans more than two centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt begins in 1810 when Maria Branwell, who would become the mother of the famous Brontë sisters, obtained a copy of a book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Remains of Henry Kirke White\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in her native Cornwall. 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The fabric design has been printed onto a fine white, striped muslin. 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