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A review by 1siobhan
Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal: Selected Early Writings by The Brontes, Christine Alexander
3.0
I did not read the entire thing, just bits and pieces on Anne's Juvenilia + the introductions.
I'm not sure if I'd make it through the entire thing because some of the stories (Charlotte's especially) are really weird, full of weird spelling mistakes, and overall not very good. It's Juvenilia, yes, I know, and it's interesting how these fantasy stories (early Speculative Fiction I'd say) have shaped the siblings' later novels, but this is too much for me to read it in one go.
Kudos to those of you who made it through the entire thing. Other thing that annoyed me was that it was really small and hard to read, especially the endnotes. Might be my bad eyesight, but it was hard to stay concentrated.
3 Stars for the 15-20% that I read...
I'm not sure if I'd make it through the entire thing because some of the stories (Charlotte's especially) are really weird, full of weird spelling mistakes, and overall not very good. It's Juvenilia, yes, I know, and it's interesting how these fantasy stories (early Speculative Fiction I'd say) have shaped the siblings' later novels, but this is too much for me to read it in one go.
Kudos to those of you who made it through the entire thing. Other thing that annoyed me was that it was really small and hard to read, especially the endnotes. Might be my bad eyesight, but it was hard to stay concentrated.
3 Stars for the 15-20% that I read...