To truly enjoy reading literary classics you have to be transported back to a place and time that’s very different from our own. In Anne Brontë’s time, single women had very few career choices. Among the available ones open to an educated single woman were governessing and writing. Anne Brontë was one of six children, and one of the three Brontë sisters who were superb writers – the other two being Charlotte (Jane Eyre) and Emily (Wuthering Heights). Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë is a tale of the experiences of a governess. The story is somewhat autobiographical because Brontë was a governess and had a very bad experience with her … [Read more...]
Booked for Mentoring: Book Review – The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
August 30, 2011 by
Anne Brontë is one of six children, and one of the three Brontë sisters who were superb writers – the other two being Charlotte (Jane Eyre) and Emily (Wuthering Heights). The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is a tale very much about some of the kinds of things that can happen when we are strong-willed and stubborn. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is an important work because it was written in the Victorian age, and for a woman to defend another's right to leave a disastrous marriage was quite novel and courageous. Anne Brontë used the pen name Acton Bell, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is often considered an … [Read more...]
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