The Brontë sisters : the brief lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne / Catherine Reef.

Author/creator Reef, Catherine
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Clarion Books, 2012.
Description231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855--Juvenile literature.
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848--Juvenile literature.
Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849--Juvenile literature.
Authors, English--19th century. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Sisters--England. --Yorkshire. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Women authors, English--Biography. --Juvenile literature.

Contents "Oh god, my poor children!" -- "Bend inclination to duty" -- "What on earth is half so dear?" -- "Who ever rose...without ambition?" -- "A peculiar music" -- "It is soul speaking to soul" -- "Moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath" -- A dreadful darkness closes in" -- "Out of obscurity I came" -- "I should fancy I heard the steps of the dead".
Abstract Explores the turbulent lives of the three literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived, and offers insight into their classic nineteenth-century novels.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 212-217) and index.
LCCN 2011043559
ISBN9780547579665
ISBN0547579667

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 823.809 R257B ✔ Available Place Hold