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With a challenge to read more "classics" in 2021 I wanted to find out more about Anne Bronte. "Jane Eyre"by her sister Charlotte is one of my all time favourite books but I have never read Anne Bronte's novels or poetry. She's the forgotten sister - consigned to history as the boring one who didn't have the genius of her sisters Charlotte and Emily.
Adelle Hay has inspired me to read "Agnes Grey" and the "Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and maybe some of Anne's poetry (even though I'm not a poetry fan) because she shows by use of themes (which I found worked really well), rather than narrative form how Anne's values, beliefs, etc. were woven into her novels and why they were considered scandalous at time of publication.
I didn't realise that after Anne's death, Charlotte edited a lot of Anne's work, even rewriting some of her verses in her poetry but maybe she felt she was protecting her sister and did it out of love? It's difficult to speculate Charlotte's reasons but I will make sure I find the original and unedited version of Anne's novels.
Adelle Hay has inspired me to read "Agnes Grey" and the "Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and maybe some of Anne's poetry (even though I'm not a poetry fan) because she shows by use of themes (which I found worked really well), rather than narrative form how Anne's values, beliefs, etc. were woven into her novels and why they were considered scandalous at time of publication.
I didn't realise that after Anne's death, Charlotte edited a lot of Anne's work, even rewriting some of her verses in her poetry but maybe she felt she was protecting her sister and did it out of love? It's difficult to speculate Charlotte's reasons but I will make sure I find the original and unedited version of Anne's novels.