Tag: 19th century literature

• Anne Brontë and How She Taught Me to be a Better Feminist, Vegan, and Overall Advocate

  

  Anne Bronte taught me how to be a good person. It sounds bizarre. After all, what could a 21st-century woman learn from a 19th-century author? But it’s true. And the answer to that question? A lot. In 2015, I was in my sophomore year of college. At the time, I was taking a course all […]

  Tessa

  January 17, 2020

  Literature

  19th century literature, agnes grey, animal rights, anne bronte, anne200, british literature, classic literature, feminism, the tenant of wildfell hall, vegan, veganism, victorian literature

• An Ode to Jane Austen

  

  In 11th grade, I had three options for English courses: English, Honors English, or AP English. Interestingly enough, not all the classes were taught by the same teacher, as my classmates had become accustomed to. Choosing AP English meant summer work, being in a class with seniors, and having the hardest English teacher – possibly […]

  Tessa

  July 18, 2018

  Literature

  19th century literature, books, english, english major, jane austen, Literature, reading

• Anne Brontë and Me: The Literary Love I Once Rejected

  

  At 17 years old, I found the literary love of my life. Unfortunately, at 17 years old, I rejected her. During my junior year of high school, I took AP Literature, a course that helped me find my purpose of sorts in life. It was that year that I truly fell for the written word, […]

  Tessa

  February 26, 2018

  Literature

  19th century literature, anne bronte, books, british literature, college, english, english major, Literature, school, victorian literature

• What’s Old Is New: Reflections from My Summer Research

  

  “What when & how shall I be when I have got through?” When my professor/adviser first approached me regarding my college’s new summer fellowship, it seemed far-fetched. My college has an abundance of students in various scientific fields: molecular biology, chemistry, environmental science, etc. . These students (and professors) are doing important work, which typically […]

  Tessa

  August 14, 2017

  Literature, Research

  19th century literature, books, british literature, college, english major, Literature, reading, Research, victorian literature