Anne Brontė's 1848 diary-novel is about a woman trying to free herself from a drunken husband and assert her independence in a male-dominated world. Anne Brontė is not as well known as her sisters Charlotte and Emily, but her attempts to grapple with real problems of real women were ahead of their time, and make her work both readable and timely.
Although The Brontes have long fascinated readers of fiction and biography, their poetry was all too little known until this pioneering selection by Stevie Davies, the novelist and critic. Charlotte (1816-1855) is certainly a competent poet, and Anne (1820-1849) developed a distinctive voice, while Emily (1818-1848) is one of great women poets in ...
This single-volume collection of Anne Bronte's novels includes "Agnes Grey" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". It contains an introduction by the critic and broadcaster Professor Lisa Jardine and a comprehensive bibliography. The series includes the complete novels of Charlotte and Emily Bronte.
I've quench'd my lamp, I struck it in that start Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall-- The crash blent with my sleep, I saw depart Its light, even as I woke, on yonder wall; Over against my bed, there shone a gleam Strange, faint, and mingling also with my dream.
Primarily fiction writers, the Brontė sisters were also accomplished poets. This collection includes nearly 50 poems chosen to represent their best work. Interesting in themselves, the poems also provide an illuminating adjunct to the fiction.
One of a series which also includes "My Dear Cassandra" (featuring the correspondence of Jane Austen) and "Paper Darts" (Virginia Woolf), this book maps both the real world of the Brontes at Haworth Parsonage, high up on the Yorkshire moors, and the worlds they spun for themselves in their writing and story-telling. Wherever possible it uses the ...
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