It’s highly unlikely a person will make it through life with their heart in one piece. Heartbreak is inevitable. Indeed, literature is replete with heartbreak, all due to failed romance, death, or betrayal. But at the same time it reminds us that broken hearts can mend. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre depicts lost yet redeemable love, which refuses to give up.

Victorian LiteratureAnnalece HunterFebruary 1, 2020Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Mr. Rochester, Victorian Literature, Classic Literature, English LiteratureComment

Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age

This collection of tales transports the reader to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind, or by a passing ghost.

Victorian Literature, Classic LiteratureAnnalece HunterOctober 31, 2019ghoststories, victorianliterature, victorianghoststories, Halloween, Classic Literature, classicghoststories, lanterns, spookytalesComment

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Romance, passion, vengeance. Wuthering Heights has it all. And there’s a reason it has not been out of print in over one-hundred and seventy years.

Classic Literature, Victorian Literature, BookstoreAnnalece HunterDecember 12, 2018Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, Classic Literature

Storytelling and Other Poems (Volume 2) by Childcraft

This book contains over 135 classic poems and stories.

Bookstore, Children's LiteratureAnnalece HunterNovember 16, 2018Historical Fiction, Classic LiteratureComment