Father Gabriel has tought the orphaned Justine that it is no sin to worship the Lord with her body. But he has also tought her to obey what he insists are God's laws. When the handsome gypsy, Armand, offers her everything but the blessing of the church, Justine refuses him. Banished from the convent to the ominous Waldgraf Castle, Justine is thrown into a life of servitude. But there is a chance of escape if only she'll accept Armand's invitation to sin.

The easy to read and inspiring story of Dr. Ross, one of Canada's pioneer female doctors. She gave up a comfortable life in Montreal to treat illness and injury in frontier Manitoba. A wonderful book that is a testament to one woman's determination to practice medicine; she had to overcome predjudice against female doctors, and the dangers of frontier life. This book makes settlement of the Canadian West come alive, and will show junior high school girls, and anyone interested in our pioneer heritage, how Canada was built by the determination and faith of people like Dr. Ross

If you are not familiar with Charlotte Macleod's work, by all means buy this book. The short stories are wonderful. They were wonderful the first time they were printed (1987) in her book titled: "Grab Bag." Nowhere on the cover or inside "It was an Awful Shame..." is this fact mentioned. And, except for the forward by Elizabeth Peters, this is the very same book. I love this author and look forward to everything she writes, but was extremely disappointed by this deception.

Jane Eyre is a very touching and heartwarming story that even today, one can relate to its characters. I enjoyed this story very much and understand why it is considered a classic. The characters are very real and although you may not like them all, you can empathise with them.

Romance and love. Principles and rash decisions. All these are included with much more in the edge-of-your-seat novel: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte.
The main character, Jane Eyre, is first pictured as a poor, neglected, mistreated ten-year-old. Her temper is yet wild and uncontrolled, so she gets into many scraps, consequentially landing her in a boarding school fifty miles away. After a bad epidemic of typhus, the unhealthy structure of Lowood school is discovered. It is at once put to rights.
After eight years at Lowood (two total as a student and six as a teacher), Jane discovers that she longs for a different life. She puts an ad in the paper, and soon receives a letter from an old lady named Mrs. Fairfax. This lady writes to hire Jane as governess of a little French girl. Upon taking the job, Jane presently meets the owner of the house, Mr. Rochester, and falls in love. However, while at the altar, about to make their vows, a disruption occurs.
Jane runs away with nothing but a few pounds, which she accidentally leaves in the coach. After three days out in the open with hardly any food or sleep, she encounters a happy family, which takes her in. Se doesn't give her true identification, but soon becomes at home and gets a job as the local girl's schoolmistress.
However, not very long after, Jane meets a bend in the road. No sooner does she get settled in, but she finds that she does have family and a large fortune after all! She begins to feel restless and uneasy to have left Mr. Rochester, and sets out to find him.
I won't say the ending, but I will say that I loved this book! It is so romantic and sweet. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. Besides, "they all lived happily ever after," and that's the best part.

I firmly believe that Jane Eyre is the best novel ever written. I could go on for hours about the passionate writing, the beautiful symbolism, and the utterly engaging plot. However, since many reviews have been written on this novel, I'm going to focus my review on what makes this specific edition of the book so special. The Official Broadway version has a gorgeous cover shot from the new musical and gorgeous, easy to read typeface, but more importantly, about 10 pages of explanatory footnotes and commentaries from 8 distinguished authors and critics like Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Bronte herself. If you've seen the breathtakingly exquisite Broadway musical, this book would be a perfect keepsake to remember the fantastic time you undoubtedly had. If not, the extras included in the book make it a wonderful purchase anyway.

This is a wonderful book of poems. Each month of the year is described by a poem. The poetry is rich with metaphors, which enhances the reader's images. This can serve as a useful tool for introducing children to metaphors. Each poem has a (two-page) colorful, lifelike illustration, which captures the unique feeling of each month. The children in the illustrations are from different racial backgrounds. Although this book is intended for children it can be enjoyed by all. I highly recommend this enriching and colorful collection of poems.

"The Journals of Charlotte Forten Grimke" are an extraordinary human document. Brenda Stevenson edited the journals for the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers. The introduction gives the basic facts about the author. She was born in 1837 into a wealthy, free African-American family in Philadelphia. She had a distinguished career as a writer, teacher, and activist before she died in Washington, DC in 1914. The journals span the years 1854-92.

Grimke's writings offer a fascinating window into the 19th century U.S. Her own life and interests are vividly portrayed. It is particularly interesting how great a role the anti-slavery movement played in her life; this cause strikes me as one of her truly great passions. She also discusses at length the authors who had an impact on her: Nathaniel Hawthorne ("The Scarlet Letter" is praised as a "thrilling story"), Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Milton, John Greenleaf Whittier ("the 'Great Poet of Humanity'"), Charles Dickens, Homer (she prefers Cowper's translation of the "Iliad" to Pope's), and more. She even recalls seeing Ralph Waldo Emerson lecture in person.

Later entries tell of her own work as a teacher. There are some interesting little episodes, such as an account of getting her daguerrotype taken. And she also writes frankly of her experience of racism.

This volume includes a chronology of the author's life, a list of people who played a part in her life, and over 80 pages of endnotes. Charlotte's voice is wonderfully likeable: full of life and intelligence. In these journals she emerges as an inquisitive spirit with a hunger for knowledge and a passion for justice. I recommend this book to those interested in 19th century American history, women's studies, and/or African-American studies, or to those who simply love great books as much as Charlotte did.

After finishing Hot Shot and New Attitude (which were a hoot!), I ordered all of Charlotte Hughes' books on the internet. Some are just a riot and some are so ho-humm I want to kick myself for wasting my time reading the whole thing. This one is very funny and well worth the time!

A wonderful monograph detailing the personal life and the works of the artist who gave the world "White on White". Beautiful full-page color plates are paired with opposing page descriptions, making browsing individual works easy. The descriptions and analysis are insisive and accurate, well-grounded in the images and with only an occasional leap beyond the facts. A separate section follows his personal life and artistic development, including a lot of information about the artists with whom he worked. This narrative perhaps does not focus enough on the political atmosphere in which he worked (i.e., not enough historical background) and how it might have affected his art, but I recommend the book for its pictures alone. It was an assigned book for one of my art history classes.