The Brontë sisters : the brief lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne

The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels __Jane Eyre__ (Charlotte), __Wuthering Heights__ (Emily), and __Agnes Grey__ (Anne). In this sometimes heartbreaking young adult biography, Catherine Reef explores the turbulent lives of these literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived. Brontë fans will also revel in the insights into their favorite novels, the plethora of poetry, and the outstanding collection of more than sixty black-and-white archival images. A powerful testimony to the life of the mind. (Endnotes, bibliography, index.) "Oh god, my poor children!" "Bend inclination to duty" "What on earth is half so dear?" "Who ever rose...without ambition?" "A peculiar music" "It is soul speaking to soul" "Moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath" A dreadful darkness closes in" "Out of obscurity I came" "I should fancy I heard the steps of the dead". Presents a biography of the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, and their lives growing up on the moors of Enland inventing stories with their brother, Branwell, which led them each to write their famous books "Jane Eyre," "Wuthering Heights," and "Agnes Grey." Explores the turbulent lives of the three literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived, and offers insight into their classic nineteenth-century novels