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Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre. It was published in 1847.

The genre of Of Mice and Men is tragedy.

The book is about the author’s childhood and her family. They were all incredibly poor and had to live in a run-down house which her father built out of glass.

The beowulf manuscript is over 1000 years old and is one of the oldest surviving manuscripts in the English language.

Jack Kerouac wrote on the road. The novel is based on his own experiences as a wandering beatnik in the 1940s.

St John is a clergyman and one of Jane’s cousins. He is also one of the three people who propose to her.

The book Into the Wild is about a young man who decides to leave society and live in the wilderness. The book chronicles his journey and the events that occur along the way.

The industrial revolution came after romanticism. This led to a change in the way that people viewed the world and themselves.

Maureen is one of the children of Rex and Rose Mary Walls. She is the younger sister of Jeannette and Brian, and the older sister of Lori and Eric.

Bertha is Mr. Rochester’s mad wife who is kept locked in the attic.