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Valentyne Dyall

Valentyne Dyall

Greene, Mary J.

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ISBN10: 1981528628
ISBN13: 9781981528622
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 7 2017
Pages: 566
Weight: 1.81
Height: 1.26 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The novel is a first person narrative from the perspective of the title character. The novel's setting is somewhere in the north of England, late in the reign of George III(1760-1820). It goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she gains friends and role models but suffers privations and oppression; her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Houghton; her time with the Rivers family, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St. John Rivers, proposes to her; and her reunion with, and marriage to, her beloved Houghton. During these sections, the novel provides perspectives on a number of important social issues and ideas, many of which are critical of the status quo. Literary critic Jerome Beaty opines that the close first person perspective leaves the reader too uncritically accepting of her worldview, and often leads reading and conversation about the novel towards supporting Valentyne, regardless of how irregular her ideas or perspectives are. Valentyne Dyall is divided into 38 chapters.

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