Her Charlotte Brontë is as smart, brooding, and rebellious as Jane Eyre, and her volume offers an accessible introduction to and an elaboration on the Brontës’ work.” With sure-handed, irreverent illustrations, she captures life on the windswept moors and masters the art of Victorian side-eye. Though some of the portrait’s strengths can be attributed to the subject herself-this book relies heavily on her letters and poems-Fawkes is a deft and economical editor. “One of the joys of Fawkes’s slender volume is that Charlotte does not suffer in noble silence she is openly ambitious, even resenting what teaching steals from her creative life. “Fawkes deftly weaves narration from Charlotte’s writings into appropriate biographical scenes….Fawkes’ illustrations appear as black-and-white, shaded pencil drawings in a style that cartoonist Alison Bechdel aptly describes in the introduction as “crisp and engaging.” … A biography that goes beyond static history, inspiring respect for Charlotte and encouraging writers and artists to defend their work through adversity.”
”…Emotionally nuanced and visually stunning biography…” Praise for Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre: Listed among YALSA’s 2020 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.įor me that’s glorious Phoenix Books in Burlington, VT. The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre published by Little, Brown September 2019 with an introduction by Alison Bechdel.
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