Beesker recommends 'Victorian Web' as the world's
best website on Charlotte Bronte
ABOUT 'VICTORIAN WEB'
The
VictorianWeb website
is a project funded in part by the University Scholars Program of the National
University of Singapore. The webmaster is George P Landow, who is Professor of
English and Art History at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The
website is a comprehensive set of online resources to assist in the study of
Victorian literature.
The website contains sections on more than 80 Victorian authors, including
Charlotte Bronte. The Charlotte Bronte section is organized into the following
main parts: Charlotte Bronte Biography, Works of Charlotte Bronte, Political
History, Social History, Religion, Science, Gender Matters, Literary Relations,
Visual Arts, Genre & Mode, Setting, Imagery, Characterization, Narrative,
Leading Questions about Charlotte Bronte, and Related Web Resources.
The Charlotte Bronte Biography section includes a biographical article by David
Cody, of Hartwick College, and has a link to the full text of Elizabeth
Gaskell's book The Life of Charlotte Bronte. The Works of Charlotte Bronte
section contains discussions on her novel Jane Eyre, with a link to its full
text. There is also a link to Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Hyper-Concordance which
allows word searches in the complete texts of Charlotte Bronte's novels.