Published in June 1848, less than a year before her death, Anne Bronte's second (and last) novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is the somber account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. 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 edition, which completes the Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes, offers a text based on the collation of the first edition with the second. The introduction details the work's composition and early printing...
Published in June 1848, less than a year before her death, Anne Bronte's second (and last) novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is the somber account o...
"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...
"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, shri...
Helen heiratet gegen alle Widerstnde den gutaussehenden Arthur. Doch schon bald nach der Hochzeit stellt er sich als Schrzenjger und Trunkenbold heraus, der von Helen Gehorsam und Nachsicht erwartet. Helen verlt ihren Mann und behauptet sich gegen die gesellschaftlichen Konventionen ihrer Zeit als alleinstehende Frau.Anne Bront pldiert mit diesem Meisterwerk fr die Gleichberechtigung der Frau in der Ehe.
Helen heiratet gegen alle Widerstnde den gutaussehenden Arthur. Doch schon bald nach der Hochzeit stellt er sich als Schrzenjger und Trunkenbold herau...
Agnes Grey es una novela escrita y publicada en 1847 por la autora inglesa Anne Bronte. La novela trata acerca de una institutriz del mismo nombre, y esta basada en las propias experiencias de Bronte en la materia. Fue, asimismo, la primera novela de la autora. De forma similar a la novela de su hermana, Jane Eyre, esta es una novela que senala la posicion precaria que afrontaba una institutriz y como afectaba a una joven mujer. El novelista irlandes George Moore elogio Agnes Grey como la "narrativa en prosa mas perfecta de las obras literarias inglesas.""
Agnes Grey es una novela escrita y publicada en 1847 por la autora inglesa Anne Bronte. La novela trata acerca de una institutriz del mismo nombre, y ...
'Agnes Grey' was Anne Bronte's debut novel, largely based on her own life experiences, with the eponymous heroine being an impoverished young woman who is forced to take a position as governess to the spoilt, rebellious children of a wealthy family."
'Agnes Grey' was Anne Bronte's debut novel, largely based on her own life experiences, with the eponymous heroine being an impoverished young woman wh...
'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall', Anne Bronte's second and final novel, was thought to be the most shocking of the Bronte sisters' works. It is a story of cruelty, betrayal, alcoholism and violence...and ultimately, redemption."
'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall', Anne Bronte's second and final novel, was thought to be the most shocking of the Bronte sisters' works. It is a story o...
