A Student's Guide to the Brontë Sisters

by Pasachoff, Naomi

• ISBN13: 9780766032675
• ISBN10: 0766032671
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc

Summary

The Bront sisters may have had short lives, but their literary legacy lives on. More than 150 years after their deaths, Emily's Wuthering Heights and Charlotte's Jane Eyre remain two of the most popular love stories written in English. Twenty-first-century readers also continue to be engaged by such issues as the vulnerability of children, the role of education in civilizing members of society, and women's independence. In A Student's Guide to the Bront Sisters, the extraordinary lives and works of Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Bront are examined, offering accessible insight to first-time readers. Book jacket.

Author Biography

About the Author Naomi Pasachoff, a research associate at Williams College, has written over twenty books, including A Student's Guide to T. S. Eliot in the Understanding Literature series.

Table of Contents

Brief Lives, Enduring Novels An: Introduction to the Lives and Works of the Brontë Sisters	p. 7
Writers in the Making: The Roots of the Brontë Sisters' Earliest Work	p. 18
The Bumpy Road to Publication: From Teachers to Writers	p. 35
Currer Bell's Bestseller: Understanding Jane Eyre	p. 50
Shocking the Reading Public: Ellis Bell's Wuthering Heights	p. 69
Her Sisters' Critic: The Works of Acton Bell	p. 84
Charlotte Alone, Charlotte Wed: Establishing Her Sisters' Reputations, Furthering Her Own	p. 100
The Family Dies Out, the Work Lives On: The Lasting Legacy of the Brontë Sisters	p. 117
Chronology	p. 133
Chapter Notes	p. 138
Glossary	p. 150
Major Works by the Brontë Sisters	p. 154
Further Reading	p. 155
Internet Addresses	p. 156
Index	p. 157
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