The Secret Garden (1909) is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most popular novels. Exploring the issues of grace, legalism, and guilt, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman who commits adultry then struggles to create a new life. The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is set in Puritan New England in the 17th century. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette.
Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw. The story is based upon Brontë’s experiences in school. The book tells the story of a young man named William Crimsworth, from his formative years to his appointment as a teacher at an all-girls school. The Professor was Charlotte Brontë's first novel, written before Jane Eyre but rejected by publishers until after her death. It was based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Germantown, Pennsylvania with her three sisters, Anna, May, and Elizabeth.
Little Women concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. Jane Eyre, an orphan, must find her own way in the world while learning about friendship, family, love, trust, societal roles-and how to deal with dark secrets. Jane Eyre is a classic novel by Charlotte Brontë which was published in 1847. The title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, around which the story is centered. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. Much of the action of the novel is set at Blithedale, a utopian socialist community that is founded upon anti-capitalist ideals, yet is destroyed by the self-interested behavior of its members. The Blithedale Romance is the third of the major novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Lust, deceit, and financial scandals rock their placid world. In Beyond the City, the desire for money and romance drives the characters beyond the typical boundaries of their middle class Victorian lives. Romance stories involve tales of love and possibly loss of love.Īgnes Grey is Anne Bronte's story about a governess, similar to her sister's work Jane Eyre in that both novels explore the social issues that a Victorian governess not only observes but becomes involved with.
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