![]() ![]() Thus, when during the course of the library’s long corona-virus-induced closure, as I scanned my shelves for any unread books, I happily found myself absorbed in Anne Brontë’s first novel, Agnes Grey (published in 1847 under the pseudonym of Acton Bell). While I am a fan of Charlotte’s famous Jane, I am less so of Emily’s brooding Anne gothic Heathcliff, but I greatly enjoyed Anne’s epistolary Wildfell Hall. While The Tenant of Wildfell Hall certainly engages with questions of female morality and scandal (in ways that seem to anticipate the works of Thomas Hardy later in the century), I found Anne’s prose gentler than that of her two sisters, perhaps more influenced by the writing of Jane Austen. About ten years ago, I read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (originally published in 1848 under the pseudonym, Acton Bell) and immediately appreciated Anne’s craft. ![]() Like all her siblings, Anne died tragically before her time (Charlotte lived the longest and died at the ripe old age of 39 due to complication in pregnancy), yet she left behind two novels and a collection of poetry. ![]() ![]() Anne Brontë is perhaps best known as the youngest sister of Charlotte (author of Jane Eyre, among other novels) and Emily (author of Wuthering Heights), but Anne was a prolific writer in her short life, and my favorite of the Brontë sisters. ![]()
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