British Birds

"I returned to my book- Berwick's History of British Birds" (Bronte, 7).

Berwick's History of British Birds is a book that was written by John Berwick in the late eighteenth century. It is interesting that Charlotte Bronte used this allusion in the very beginning of her novel because it appears to the reader that it is a book about birds and holds no real importance to the text.

Links:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=PAkAAAAAQAAJ&dq=Bewick