Further Reading
- *Brinton, L. J. (1992). "The historical present in Charlotte Bronte's novels: Some discourse functions." Style 26(2): 221-244.
- *Huddleston, R. and G. K. Pullum (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43146-8
- *Leech, G. N. (1971). Meaning and the English Verb, London: Longman. . ISBN 0-582-52214-5
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