The Bronte Yearbook

by Juliet Barker, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, et al.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297810405
• ISBN13: 9780297810407
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Broad Sampling of Bronte Works

A perfect gift. Like her biography, we hear from everyone, even Mrs. Maria Bronte. Lots of quotes from the books, poems.

From the author's preface ...

The purpose of this book is to introduce the whole range of writings by the Bronte family to those who may only have heard of Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Even those who are familiar with the works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte may find quotations which are new to them and may be encouraged to read more of their poetry and letters, as well as perhaps the works of Branwell and Patrick which have never received the credit they deserve. A secondary purpose, though no less important, is to attempt to dispel the popular misconception that the Brontes led tragic and miserable lives, dogged at every step by death and disaster. It is quite clear from their own writings that the Brontes enjoyed normal lives and that it was only in their ability to write so powerfully and movingly that they were different. The quotations are arranged according to the day on which they were written, but not in chronological order. As the Brontes were almost fanatical in their habit of dating their written work, it is thus possible to find a quotation for almost every day of the year. Many of these are actually appropriate for the season or the incidents of that particular day and their wide range gives some idea of the variety of the Brontes' writings. For those who wish to follow up particular quotations, the notes at the end of the book give the year in which the piece was written, and the source from which it was taken. I hope, in this way, to introduce more readers to the Brontes, whose works have never failed to give me pleasure.