Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(1816-1855)
-Demotivating comments.
Robert Southey said that:
"Literature can not be the business of a woman's life,
and it ought not to be. The more she is engaged in her
proper duties, the less leisure will she have for it, even
as an accomplishment and a recreation"
STRUGGLE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË
TO START HER CAREER:
-Worked as a governess.
-Tried to start a school but failed.
-Used male pseudonyms because
of the double standards.
-Some works were rejected.
SUCCESS
She became a
Jane Eyre was respected
the beginning of member of the
her success. literary
community.
TRAGEDIES