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A beautifully packaged collector's edition of the celebrated Bronte
Sisters' beloved works: Anne Bronte's Agnes Grey, Charlotte
Bronte's Jane Eyre, and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. The three
novels in this collectible edition explore themes of love, struggle
and survival, coming of age, and personal freedom and independence
as they pertained to women in the nineteenth century.
This is the most cherished novel from each of England's talented
sisters, in one gorgeously packaged volume. The Bronte family was a
literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. Both Charlotte's
"Jane Eyre" and Emily's "Wuthering Heights" have won lofty places
in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of
generations of readers. This "Leatherbound Classics" edition unites
these two enduring favourites with the lesser known, but no less
powerful work by their youngest sister, Anne Bronte. Drawn from
Anne's own experiences as a governess, Agnes Grey offers a
compelling view of Victorian chauvinism and materialism. Its
inclusion makes "The Bronte Sisters" a must-have volume for anyone
fascinated by this singularly talented family.
The perfect gift for any Bronte Sisters lover for only GBP19.99.
Each boxset contains seven books, together creating a comprehensive
collection of the Bronte Sisters' best and much-loved works.
Beautifully packaged in a ridged, matt-laminated slipcase with
metallic detailing, complete with strikingly attractive, bespoke
artwork. Includes: Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane
Eyre, The Professor, Shirley, Villette, and Wuthering Heights
An illustrated adaptation of Anne Bronte's classic - at an
easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! A mysterious woman has
arrived at Wildfell Hall. Unmarried and living alone, she is the
subject of whispers and rumours. Where has she come from? Where is
her husband? Gilbert is determined to find out about this secretive
woman. And, when he gets her journal, he finally has the chance ...
The Complete Bronte Sisters Children's Collection: From the haunted
Yorkshire moors to the towering battlements of Thornfield Hall,
experience the Bronte sisters' famous stories of love,
self-discovery and family feuds. Adapted and illustrated for
children aged 7+.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This volume completes the acclaimed Clarendon Edition of the Novels
of the Brontes. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte's second
(and last) novel, was published in June 1848, less than a year
before her death. It is the sombre account of the breakdown of a
marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. Writing with a
power not usually associated with the youngest of the Bronte
sisters, Anne portrays the decline of an aristocratic husband whose
drunken excesses and domestic violence force his loving wife into a
reluctant rebellion. The novel enjoyed a modest success that led
its publisher, the unscrupulous T. C. Newby, to issue a `Second
Edition' less than two months later. The present volume offers a
text based on the collation of the first edition with the second
(really a re-issue of the first, with a few corrections). The
introduction details the work's composition and early printing
history, including its first publication in America; and the text
is fully annotated. Appendices record the substantive variants in
the first English and American editions, and discuss the author's
belief in the doctrine of universal salvation.
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Canterbury
Christchurch University College The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a
powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love,
oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the
disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon, the mysterious
'tenant' of the title, and her dissolute, alcoholic husband.
Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young
son from his father's influence, and earns her own living as an
artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert
Markham, who falls in love with her. On its first publication in
1848, Anne Bronte's second novel was criticised for being 'coarse'
and 'brutal'. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall challenges the social
conventions of the early nineteenth century in a strong defence of
women's rights in the face of psychological abuse from their
husbands. Anne Bronte's style is bold, naturalistic and passionate,
and this novel, which her sister Charlotte considered 'an entire
mistake', has earned Anne a position in English literature in her
own right, not just as the youngest member of the Bronte family.
This newly reset text is taken from a copy of the 1848 second
edition in the Library of the Bronte Parsonage Museum and has been
edited to correct known errors in that edition.
Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to
create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift
edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury
endpapers and gilded edges. The original text is accompanied by a
Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern
reader. This classic epistolary novel is an intimate portrait of a
wild Victorian life. It reveals the story of Helen Graham's
marriage to the handsome but dissolute Arthur Huntingdon and her
escape from her marriage to the isolated Wildfell Hall. Helen
refuses to marry her would-be lover Gilbert Markham and gives him
her journals by way of explanation.
All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the
treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in
quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for
the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this be the case with my
history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I sometimes think
it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the
world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by
the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to
venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not
disclose to the most intimate friend. -- Anne Bronte, Agnes Grey
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