A review by balancinghistorybooks
The Green Dwarf: A Tale of the Perfect Tense by Charlotte Brontë, Libby Purves

4.0

I was under the impression that I had read all of the wonderful Charlotte Bronte's work before spotting a copy of The Green Dwarf in the library. Bronte began the novella when she was just seventeen years old, thirteen years before the publication of Jane Eyre; despite this, it is measured and wise throughout, with a well structured plot, and wonderful descriptions. I began it immediately, and was presented with rather a fantastical, but fascinating, story. Whilst not as accomplished as Tales of Angria I felt, The Green Dwarf, still has a lot of merit, and any readers of juvenilia or Bronte's adult fiction will surely find it an interesting and memorable melodramatic tale.