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THE other day, in looking over my papers, I found in my desk the following copy of a letter, sent by me a year since to an old school acquaintance:�
"DEAR CHARLES,
"I think when you and I were at Eton together, we were neither of us what could be called popular characters: you were a sarcastic, observant, shrewd, cold-blooded creature; my own portrait I will not attempt to draw, but I cannot recollect that it was a strikingly attractive one—can you?
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THE other day, in looking over my papers, I found in my desk the following copy of a letter, sent by me a year since to an old school acquaintance:�
"DEAR CHARLES,
"I think when you and I were at Eton together, we were neither of us what could be called popular characters: you were a sarcastic, observant, shrewd, cold-blooded creature; my own portrait I will not attempt to draw, but I cannot recollect that it was a strikingly attractive one—can you?
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This book is a bit too perfect for me. The ending seemed forced and as though Charlotte felt there must be a pretty, happy bow tied on the package. The characters were a bit too dull and nice, and I missed the gothic elements found in her sister's book, Wuthering Heights. The writing is quite good, of course, and I did enjoy the first few chapters which introduced the characters to me. But liked the book less and less as it went on.
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It was good to be back in Brontë-land, even early Brontë. Few authors have that passionate, idiomatic sweep of phrase; it was intriguing to hear this voice coming from a male instead of a female narrator. Other people have summarized at length the various irritants to a modern or liberal reader - the anti-Catholicism, the anti-Flemish scorn - so I won't go on about it here, other than to say it sounds as though Charlotte must have had a pretty miserable time in Brussels. The English Protestant t
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Christian
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Amanda Roper
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Camila
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Jaci McCon
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it was amazing
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