Historical Romance Novels - Ultimate Collection: Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, The Wanderer, The Age of Innocence, The Wings of the Dove, Jane Eyre, Patronage, ...

Charlotte Brontë · Anne Brontë · Emily Brontë · Henry James · Samuel Richardson · Jane Austen · Thomas Hardy · Edith Wharton · Maria Edgeworth · Henry Fielding · Alexandre Dumas · Mary Wollstonecraft · Nathaniel Hawthorne · William Makepeace Thackeray · Grace Livingston Hill · Fanny Burney · Georgette Heyer · Eliza Haywood · Leo Tolstoy · Pierre Choderlos de Laclos · Mrs. Olifant

May 2022 · DigiCat

About this ebook

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this meticulously edited collection of historical novels, the immortal tales of love, lust, pleasure and betrayal._x000D_ Content:_x000D_ The Lady of the Camellias (Alexandre Dumas)_x000D_ The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)_x000D_ The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) _x000D_ Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)_x000D_ The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)_x000D_ Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)_x000D_ Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)_x000D_ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)_x000D_ Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)_x000D_ Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)_x000D_ The Miranda Trilogy (Grace Livingston Hill)_x000D_ Fantomina (Eliza Haywood)_x000D_ The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (Eliza Haywood)_x000D_ The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood)_x000D_ Powder and Patch (Georgette Heyer)_x000D_ The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer)_x000D_ Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)_x000D_ Patronage (Maria Edgeworth)_x000D_ Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)_x000D_ Evelina (Fanny Burney)_x000D_ Cecilia (Fanny Burney)_x000D_ Camilla (Fanny Burney)_x000D_ The Wanderer (Fanny Burney)_x000D_ Mary: A Fiction (Mary Wollstonecraft)_x000D_ Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)_x000D_ Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)_x000D_ Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)_x000D_ Emma (Jane Austen)_x000D_ Persuasion (Jane Austen)_x000D_ Miss Marjoribanks (Mrs. Olifant)_x000D_ Phoebe, Junior (Mrs. Olifant)_x000D_ Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)_x000D_ Pamela (Samuel Richardson)_x000D_ Anti-Pamela (Eliza Haywood)_x000D_ Shamela (Henry Fielding)

About the author

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was an English novelist and poet, heralded for her contributions to the English literature canon with her impassioned and at times Gothic storytelling. Born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, West Yorkshire, she was the third of six Brontë children. Brontë deployed a sophisticated pen blending elements of social criticism, realism, and an exploration of the conflicts between individual desire and societal constraints, which garnered much attention during the Victorian era and beyond. Her most famous work, 'Jane Eyre' (1847), epitomizes Brontë's talent for complex character development and her ability to address themes of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. Though 'Historical Romance Novels - Ultimate Collection' is not an original work of Brontë, it encompasses her novels and the Brontës' collective works, often mistaken as part of her oeuvre. Charlotte's writing is characterized by its emotive intensity, intricate protagonists, and vivid, bleak settings often inspired by her Yorkshire surroundings. Brontë's experiences with gender disparity, as explored throughout her literature, were deeply influenced by her own life, where despite her substantial literary talents, she confronted significant barriers as a woman writer. Brontë died on March 31, 1855, leaving behind a legacy of trailblazing feminist literature that continues to inspire and provoke scholarly debate.