Complete Works of the Bronte Sisters: Charlotte, Emily, Anne Brontë

4090 Pages·2011·20.22 MB·English

by  Charlotte Brontë

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
THE BRONTËS
Contents

Charlotte Brontë’s Novels
JANE EYRE
SHIRLEY
VILLETTE
THE PROFESSOR
EMMA
Charlotte Brontë’s Juvenilia
TALES OF ANGRIA
MINA LAURY
STANCLIFFE’S HOTEL
THE STORY OF WILLIE ELLIN
ALBION AND MARINA
ANGRIA AND THE ANGRIANS
TALES OF THE ISLANDERS
THE GREEN DWARF
Emily Brontë’s Novel
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Anne Brontë’s Novels
AGNES GREY
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL
The Poetry
POEMS BY CURRER, ELLIS, AND ACTON BELL
Patrick Brontë’s Works
COTTAGE POEMS
TWO SERMONS
“AND THE WEARY ARE AT REST”
Branwell Brontë
BRANWELL’S POETRY
The Biographies
THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË by Elizabeth Gaskell
CHARLOTTE BRONTË by T. Wemyss Reid
THE BRONTË FAMILY by Francis A. Leyland
CHARLOTTE BRONTË AND HER CIRCLE by Clement King Shorter
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
THE BRONTËS
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Charlotte Brontë’s Novels

The sisters’ birthplace, Thornton, West Yorkshire
JANE EYRE

An Autobiography

One of the most influential novels of the nineteenth century, Jane Eyre was
published in 1847, under the pen name “Currer Bell,” the “autobiography’s”
supposed editor. The novel bears three distinct genres. It has the form of a
Bildungsroman, a story about a child’s maturation, focusing on the emotions and
experiences that accompany growth to adulthood. Jane Eyre also contains much
social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, and finally has the
brooding and moody Byronic character typical of Gothic fiction. The novel is
often considered ahead of its time due to its portrayal of the development of a
thinking and passionate young woman who is both individualistic, desiring for a
full life, while also highly moral. Jane evolves from her beginnings as a poor and
plain woman without captivating charm to her mature stage as a compassionate
and confident whole woman. As she matures, she comments much on the
complexities of the human condition. Jane also has a deeply pious personal trust
in God, but is also highly self-reliant. Although Jane suffers much, she is never
portrayed as a damsel in distress who needs rescuing, serving as a prototype for
feminist fiction.
Charlotte in her twenties