Overview
The first biography of the author of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in over half a century. Anne Bronte, the youngest and most enigmatic of the Bronte sisters, remains a bestselling author nearly two centuries after her death. The brilliance of her two novels - Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - and her poetry belies the quiet, yet courageous girl who often lived in the shadows of her more celebrated sisters. Yet her writing was the most revolutionary of all the Brontes, pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable. This revealing new biography opens Anne's most private life to a new audience and shows the true nature of her relationship with her sister Charlotte. SELLING POINTS: . Feature length film of the Brontes to be screened in April 2016, the beginning of a five-year programme of Bronte events . Challenges the idea of Anne and her sister Charlotte had a close relationship and reveals rivalry between them . Bronte Society has over 2,000 members in the UK and the Haworth Museum has 75,000 visitors per year 16 b/w illustrations
Full Product Details
Author: Nick Holland
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780750965255
ISBN 10: 0750965258
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 March 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Holland's book is beautifully written, a devoted labor of love. It is a fine introductory volume for readers just becoming acquainted with the Brontes, and there is much analysis to interest students and expert scholars.' -- Ellen Moody * The Victorian Web * 'Holland has enormous affection for Anne Bronte, and his excellent book is filled with passion and pathos. Its triumph is that Anne is given voice and is no longer swamped by her siblings.' -- Roger Lewis * The Mail on Sunday * 'Holland's way of telling about Anne Bronte's final illness and last days is particularly touching while avoiding the easy slide into parable territory. This new biography proves that Anne Bronte's afterlife is just like her life: not about quantity but about quality.' * Bronte Blog Book Review *
Holland's book is beautifully written, a devoted labor of love. It is a fine introductory volume for readers just becoming acquainted with the Brontes, and there is much analysis to interest students and expert scholars. -- Ellen Moody * The Victorian Web *
Author Information
NICK HOLLAND is the author of In Search of Anne Brontë (2016) and Emily Brontë: A Life in 20 Poems (2018) for The History Press. He also runs the website www.annebronte.org and is involved with the Brontë Society and Parsonage. He lives in Barnsley.
