Please do not forget to post you summaries for the novels presented in class. A one paragraph summary of the plot and some major themes/topics related to the movement(s) studied. This assignment is due after the AV1. Dr. Silva
The Professor: It was the first novel (by Charlotte Bronte). It is the story of a young man, Mr William Crimsworth, is a first -person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his loves and his career as a professor at an all-girls school. Everything started with a letter, that William has sent to his friend Charles , tlaking about detailing his refusal to his uncle's proposal to become a clergyman and whith his rich brther Edward. William has relieves of his position and gains a new job at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium. The school is run by the friendly M. Pelet, who treated William kindly and politely . Then, William's merit as a professor arrived in ears of the headmistress of the girls school and Miss Reuter offered him a nem position at her school William begun to know a new teacher, a young and so beautiful teacher snd he has falled in love with her as he tutors her English. Suddenly,, Miss Reuter takes it upon herself to dismiss Frances, because she discovered about their lovestory and decided hide her adress from William. William leaves his establishment and moves aout in hopes of finding Frances. They finally met again and open a school together, marriage and have a child. After obtaining financial security, the family travels all around England . The themes in the story are: Religion and Nationalism
Jane was a young orphan raised by her rich and cruel aunt Mrs Reed.During her childhood,she was bullied by her her cousin John Reed and in one of the occasions when she reacted against her cousin,she was sent to a red room,where her uncled had died.She got so scared that she believed she saw his ghost and due to this,she screamed and fainted.The servant Bessie and the Apothecary Mr.Lloyd gave her some support.He convinced her cruel aunt to send Jane to school and she agreed. At school,she had to deal with the evil and greedy School´s headmaster Mr.Brocklehusrt.All the students had to deal with his doctrine of poverty and privation and because of this,Helen(Jane´s best friend) died of typhus.This epidemic also resulted in Mr.Brocklehurst dismissal and from that moment on,Jane´s life improved and she managed to spend eight more years there:six as a student and two as a teacher. After that,she accepted a governoss position at a manor called Thornfield to assist a french girl.There,she fell in love with the house´s owner Rochester and he proposed to her but even though she loved him,she couldnot accept because he was still married to a woman who had mental issues.Then,she ran away and went to live on the streets with no money left. Three siblings:Mary, Diana, and St. John offered her shelter and she immediately became friends with them.It was then revealed that they were actually her cousins and what was more surprising was that Jane was told she had an uncle who left her an inheritance.Her cousin St John also proposed to her but she didn´t accept because she didn´t love him and she knew she still loved Mr.Rochester.She found out his wife lost her life in another fire and then he was free to marry Jane.At the end of the book,Jane told she has been married for ten years and gave birth to their first baby. The themes in the story are:Gender relations,Religion and Social class.
Shirley is a social novel written by an English novelist Charlotte Brontë in 1849, in the Realistic movement and the themes related to it are the loyal presentation of the reality which they lived, the marriage for money and the division between class poor and rich, worker and bourgeois. This novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-1812, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel’s popularity became the name Shirley a woman's name because it was a male name early. In it Robert Moore owns a mill. He dismisses many employees when new equipment arrives. He meets and likes Caroline Helstone a shy orphan who lived with her uncle, but Robert had intended to marry for money because he was determined to restore his family's honor, his fortune and get his mill again. Caroline meets Shirley, one landowner challenging, determined an independent heiress whose parents are dead and who lived with Mrs. Pryor, a housekeeper old. Caroline's father is dead and her mother had abandoned her. Her uncle who lived with was the local pastor, Reverend Helstone who did not sympathize with her "fancies" with Robert. After a discussion Caroline realizes that Robert has a brother Louis Moore who likes Shirley. Caroline gets sick to imagine that Robert and Shirley can marry. Seeing Caroline very sick Mrs. Pryor then reveals be her mother and Caroline recovers her health. A lot of men fall in love with Shirley and court her, even a baron, but she refuses all. After she has refused the offer of marriage from Baron, her uncle is enraged and had a fight with her. Louis takes advantage of the situation and declares himself to Shirley. She agrees to marry him and Caroline marries Robert.
Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister of modest means. Mr. Grey decides to try to gain more wealth so as to give his wife somewhat of what she lost when she married him. But the merchant that he entrusts his money to, dies in a wreck, and Mr. Grey loses all the money he invested, plunging the Greys in debt. Agnes, her sister, Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and to bring in extra money, but Agnes is frustrated that everyone treats her like a child. To prove herself and to earn money, she is determined to get a position as a governess, teaching children of rich families. Eventually, she gets a recommendation for a good family, a position, and her parents' permission. With some misgivings, she travels to Wellwood house to work for the Bloomfield family. The Bloomfield family is rich and is much crueller than Agnes has envisioned. Mrs. Bloomfield spoils her children while Mr. Bloomfield constantly finds fault with Agnes's work. The children are unruly and Agnes is given no authority over them so that she cannot control them. Tom, the oldest Bloomfield child, is actually abusive, but nothing Agnes can do can stop the boy from torturing small animals. In less than a year, Agnes is relieved of her position, since Mrs. Bloomfield thinks that her children are not learning fast enough. Agnes returns home. She then goes home and begs her mother to help her find a new situation. She advertises, and is given a situation in a wealthy family – the Murrays. The two boys, John and Charles are both sent to school soon after her arrival, but Rosalie and Matilda are still on her hands. Matilda is a tomboy, prone to lying. Rosalie is a flirt. Both girls are selfish and sometimes unpleasant, and although Agnes's position is slightly better than it was at Wellwood house, she is still often ignored or used in the girls's schemes and games. Agnes begins to visit an old woman, Nancy Brown, whose poor eyesight requires someone to aid her in reading the Bible; there Agnes meets the new parson, Mr. Edward Weston. They become friends, which is noticed by Rosalie Murray, who has by now entered into society and is a favourite with nearly all the men in the county. Rosalie becomes engaged to Lord Ashby, a wealthy baronet from Ashby Park. She tells Agnes, but makes her promise to keep silent, as she is still going to flirt with other men before she is married. One day, she and Agnes go on a walk, and meets Mr. Weston. Rosalie begins to flirt with him, much to Agnes's chagrin, as she has formed an attachment to him. Agnes receives a note from Mary, who has by now married to Mr. Richardson, a parson of a rectory near their home, saying that their father is dying, and begging for her to come. Agnes comes, and arrives just too late. After her father's funeral, Agnes opens a small school with her mother, leaving the Murrays and Mr. Weston. She receives a letter from Rosalie who is very unhappy in her marriage, begging her to come for a visit. Agnes goes, and is shocked by the change in Rosalie from the merry, happy girl, to the faded, unhappy young woman. Rosalie confides in her and tells her that she despises Lord Ashby, and claims he only left London because he was jealous of all the gentlemen she was attracting. She also hears that Mr. Weston had left the area, and grieves, as she won’t be able to see him again. Agnes leaves Ashby Park and goes back to her new home. The day after she arrives, she goes for a walk on the sea shore, when she runs into Mr. Weston, who had been looking for her since he went to the nearby parsonage. He is introduced to Mrs. Grey, and they become good friends. Agnes finds her attraction to him growing, and is very happy to accept when he proposes. In the end, is very happy having married Edward Weston, and she has three children.
The only book published by Emily Brontë, who would pass away the following year of tuberculosis. The patriarch of the Earnshaw family returned from one of his numerous trips, bringing a Gypsy child whose origin was unknown. He calls the boy Heathcliff. His daughter and the boy soon become attached to each other, but Earnshaw's legitimate son becomes jealous of his father and Heathcliff relationship. When Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw die, Hindley takes advantage of the situation, and submits the brother to various humiliations and places to be his servant in the House. With this situation and very fond of Heathcliff, Catherine, the daughter of the Earnshaws, decides to marry Edgar Linton despite Heathcliff's love for her. Edgar has better financial conditions and is a gentleman. Heathcliff's behaviour becomes more wild as Hindley humiliates him, while Catherine approaches the Linton family. Her comments to Nelly Linton about Heathcliff's being unsuitable for her is overheard by him, and so he leaves the House without saying goodbye, what causes great distress to his sister, who falls ill by lack of news of him. Three years later, Heathcliff returns to the family estate, rich and educated. No one would have learned he became the owner of Wuthering Heights, since the death of his wife Frances. Hindley fell into disgrace though gambling and drinks while Heathcliff is ready to revenge everyone who had mistreated him. Heathcliff first marries Isabella Linton's sister, but she leaves home soon and bears her son, Linton, away from her husband. Hindley dies but leaves Hareton no property. Before Edgar dies, Heathcliff and Cathy move to Linton's. Cathy discovered there aren't any family estate left, but Heathcliff presents a testament, showing how much he had spent for his wife. Their relationship then turns into disliking each other and dependancy. Heathcliff became a bitter person, who could only see by the eyes of revenge, and the obsession about Catherine. Even if it would affect the coming generation of the families, which eventually happened. For his last wish, Heathcliff was buried along with Catherine, his great love. From that day on, many people would swear having seen a couple wandering the moors of the Hill.
The Professor:
ReplyDeleteIt was the first novel (by Charlotte Bronte). It is the story of a young man, Mr William Crimsworth, is a first -person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his loves and his career as a professor at an all-girls school.
Everything started with a letter, that William has sent to his friend Charles , tlaking about detailing his refusal to his uncle's proposal to become a clergyman and whith his rich brther Edward. William has relieves of his position and gains a new job at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium.
The school is run by the friendly M. Pelet, who treated William kindly and politely . Then, William's merit as a professor arrived in ears of the headmistress of the girls school and Miss Reuter offered him a nem position at her school William begun to know a new teacher, a young and so beautiful teacher snd he has falled in love with her as he tutors her English.
Suddenly,, Miss Reuter takes it upon herself to dismiss Frances, because she discovered about their lovestory and decided hide her adress from William. William leaves his establishment and moves aout in hopes of finding Frances.
They finally met again and open a school together, marriage and have a child. After obtaining financial security, the family travels all around England .
The themes in the story are: Religion and Nationalism
Our group: Carla De Bonis, Renata Castro e Mariana Mattos.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre:
ReplyDeleteJane was a young orphan raised by her rich and cruel aunt Mrs Reed.During her childhood,she was bullied by her her cousin John Reed and in one of the occasions when she reacted against her cousin,she was sent to a red room,where her uncled had died.She got so scared that she believed she saw his ghost and due to this,she screamed and fainted.The servant Bessie and the Apothecary Mr.Lloyd gave her some support.He convinced her cruel aunt to send Jane to school and she agreed.
At school,she had to deal with the evil and greedy School´s headmaster Mr.Brocklehusrt.All the students had to deal with his doctrine of poverty and privation and because of this,Helen(Jane´s best friend) died of typhus.This epidemic also resulted in Mr.Brocklehurst dismissal and from that moment on,Jane´s life improved and she managed to spend eight more years there:six as a student and two as a teacher.
After that,she accepted a governoss position at a manor called Thornfield to assist a french girl.There,she fell in love with the house´s owner Rochester and he proposed to her but even though she loved him,she couldnot accept because he was still married to a woman who had mental issues.Then,she ran away and went to live on the streets with no money left.
Three siblings:Mary, Diana, and St. John offered her shelter and she immediately became friends with them.It was then revealed that they were actually her cousins and what was more surprising was that Jane was told she had an uncle who left her an inheritance.Her cousin St John also proposed to her but she didn´t accept because she didn´t love him and she knew she still loved Mr.Rochester.She found out his wife lost her life in another fire and then he was free to marry Jane.At the end of the book,Jane told she has been married for ten years and gave birth to their first baby.
The themes in the story are:Gender relations,Religion and Social class.
Our group is Rafael Nogueira and Adriana Barros.
"Shirley"
ReplyDeleteShirley is a social novel written by an English novelist Charlotte Brontë in 1849, in the Realistic movement and the themes related to it are the loyal presentation of the reality which they lived, the marriage for money and the division between class poor and rich, worker and bourgeois. This novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-1812, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel’s popularity became the name Shirley a woman's name because it was a male name early. In it Robert Moore owns a mill. He dismisses many employees when new equipment arrives. He meets and likes Caroline Helstone a shy orphan who lived with her uncle, but Robert had intended to marry for money because he was determined to restore his family's honor, his fortune and get his mill again. Caroline meets Shirley, one landowner challenging, determined an independent heiress whose parents are dead and who lived with Mrs. Pryor, a housekeeper old. Caroline's father is dead and her mother had abandoned her. Her uncle who lived with was the local pastor, Reverend Helstone who did not sympathize with her "fancies" with Robert. After a discussion Caroline realizes that Robert has a brother Louis Moore who likes Shirley. Caroline gets sick to imagine that Robert and Shirley can marry. Seeing Caroline very sick Mrs. Pryor then reveals be her mother and Caroline recovers her health. A lot of men fall in love with Shirley and court her, even a baron, but she refuses all. After she has refused the offer of marriage from Baron, her uncle is enraged and had a fight with her. Louis takes advantage of the situation and declares himself to Shirley. She agrees to marry him and Caroline marries Robert.
By: Ivan and Edna
thanx the groups for the posts.
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ReplyDelete"Agnes Grey"
ReplyDeleteAgnes Grey is the daughter of a minister of modest means. Mr. Grey decides to try to gain more wealth so as to give his wife somewhat of what she lost when she married him. But the merchant that he entrusts his money to, dies in a wreck, and Mr. Grey loses all the money he invested, plunging the Greys in debt. Agnes, her sister, Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and to bring in extra money, but Agnes is frustrated that everyone treats her like a child. To prove herself and to earn money, she is determined to get a position as a governess, teaching children of rich families. Eventually, she gets a recommendation for a good family, a position, and her parents' permission. With some misgivings, she travels to Wellwood house to work for the Bloomfield family.
The Bloomfield family is rich and is much crueller than Agnes has envisioned. Mrs. Bloomfield spoils her children while Mr. Bloomfield constantly finds fault with Agnes's work. The children are unruly and Agnes is given no authority over them so that she cannot control them. Tom, the oldest Bloomfield child, is actually abusive, but nothing Agnes can do can stop the boy from torturing small animals. In less than a year, Agnes is relieved of her position, since Mrs. Bloomfield thinks that her children are not learning fast enough. Agnes returns home. She then goes home and begs her mother to help her find a new situation. She advertises, and is given a situation in a wealthy family – the Murrays. The two boys, John and Charles are both sent to school soon after her arrival, but Rosalie and Matilda are still on her hands. Matilda is a tomboy, prone to lying. Rosalie is a flirt. Both girls are selfish and sometimes unpleasant, and although Agnes's position is slightly better than it was at Wellwood house, she is still often ignored or used in the girls's schemes and games. Agnes begins to visit an old woman, Nancy Brown, whose poor eyesight requires someone to aid her in reading the Bible; there Agnes meets the new parson, Mr. Edward Weston. They become friends, which is noticed by Rosalie Murray, who has by now entered into society and is a favourite with nearly all the men in the county. Rosalie becomes engaged to Lord Ashby, a wealthy baronet from Ashby Park. She tells Agnes, but makes her promise to keep silent, as she is still going to flirt with other men before she is married. One day, she and Agnes go on a walk, and meets Mr. Weston. Rosalie begins to flirt with him, much to Agnes's chagrin, as she has formed an attachment to him. Agnes receives a note from Mary, who has by now married to Mr. Richardson, a parson of a rectory near their home, saying that their father is dying, and begging for her to come. Agnes comes, and arrives just too late. After her father's funeral, Agnes opens a small school with her mother, leaving the Murrays and Mr. Weston.
She receives a letter from Rosalie who is very unhappy in her marriage, begging her to come for a visit. Agnes goes, and is shocked by the change in Rosalie from the merry, happy girl, to the faded, unhappy young woman. Rosalie confides in her and tells her that she despises Lord Ashby, and claims he only left London because he was jealous of all the gentlemen she was attracting. She also hears that Mr. Weston had left the area, and grieves, as she won’t be able to see him again. Agnes leaves Ashby Park and goes back to her new home. The day after she arrives, she goes for a walk on the sea shore, when she runs into Mr. Weston, who had been looking for her since he went to the nearby parsonage. He is introduced to Mrs. Grey, and they become good friends. Agnes finds her attraction to him growing, and is very happy to accept when he proposes. In the end, is very happy having married Edward Weston, and she has three children.
By Jefferson and Roberta
Wuthering heights
ReplyDeleteThe only book published by Emily Brontë, who would pass away the following year of tuberculosis.
The patriarch of the Earnshaw family returned from one of his numerous trips, bringing a Gypsy child whose origin was unknown. He calls the boy Heathcliff.
His daughter and the boy soon become attached to each other, but Earnshaw's legitimate son becomes jealous of his father and Heathcliff relationship.
When Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw die, Hindley takes advantage of the situation, and submits the brother to various humiliations and places to be his servant in the House.
With this situation and very fond of Heathcliff, Catherine, the daughter of the Earnshaws, decides to marry Edgar Linton despite Heathcliff's love for her. Edgar has better financial conditions and is a gentleman.
Heathcliff's behaviour becomes more wild as Hindley humiliates him, while Catherine approaches the Linton family. Her comments to Nelly Linton about Heathcliff's being unsuitable for her is overheard by him, and so he leaves the House without saying goodbye, what causes great distress to his sister, who falls ill by lack of news of him. Three years later, Heathcliff returns to the family estate, rich and educated. No one would have learned he became the owner of Wuthering Heights, since the death of his wife Frances.
Hindley fell into disgrace though gambling and drinks while Heathcliff is ready to revenge everyone who had mistreated him.
Heathcliff first marries Isabella Linton's sister, but she leaves home soon and bears her son, Linton, away from her husband. Hindley dies but leaves Hareton no property.
Before Edgar dies, Heathcliff and Cathy move to Linton's. Cathy discovered there aren't any family estate left, but Heathcliff presents a testament, showing how much he had spent for his wife.
Their relationship then turns into disliking each other and dependancy. Heathcliff became a bitter person, who could only see by the eyes of revenge, and the obsession about Catherine. Even if it would affect the
coming generation of the families, which eventually happened.
For his last wish, Heathcliff was buried along with Catherine, his great love. From that day on, many people would swear having seen a couple wandering the moors of the Hill.
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