Bøger af Anne Bronte

Set in the dramatic northern landscape made familiar by the author's more famous sisters, this title tells the story of Helen Graham, a mysterious single woman who rents the semi-ruinous Hall of the title.

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Discover the lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Bronte. When Agnes's father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living - as a governess.

In Agnes Grey Anne Bronte drew on her own experiences as a governess, trying to cope with unmanageable children with little respect from her employer. It combines a wonderful study of Victorian responses to children with a story of romantic love, and this new edition does full justice to its fictional as well as its autobiographical qualities.

Anne Bronte's second and last novel was widely and contentiously reviewed upon its 1848 publication, in part because its subject matter domestic violence, alcoholism, women's rights, and universal salvation was so controversial. This title includes a critical introduction that situates the novel in significant Victorian debates.

Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive behaviour becomes the subject of local gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to wonder whether his trust in her has been misplaced.

First published in 1848, a novel in which a woman flees from a disastrous marriage with her child to a desolate moorland mansion. It portrays one woman's struggle for independence at a time when law and society defined a married woman as her husband's property.

An expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century, Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature

When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes's enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston, the sober young curate. Drawing on her own experience, Anne Bront 's first novel offers a compelling personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried, educated women for whom becoming a governess was the only respectable career open in Victorian society.

Da en ung smuk kvinde flytter ind på det faldefærdige Wildfell Hall med kun en kammerpige og en lille dreng som ledsagere, bliver den lille by druknet i sladder om den mystiske kvinde, der altid holder sig for sig selv. Byens mest eftertragtede ungkarl forelsker sig i hende, og det lykkes ham lige så stille at lirke hendes ulykkelige livshistorie ud af hende; en historie om en dybt alkoholiseret og moralsk fordærvet ægtemand, hvis ondskabsfulde og nedværdigende opførsel til sidst drev hende og sønnen på flugt.Den engelske forfatter Anne Brontë (1820-1849) var den yngste af de tre Brontë-søstre, hvis romaner har gjort så stort et indtryk på læsere verden over. Anne Brontë voksede op i Yorkshire og arbejdede i en årrække som guvernante, hvilket har været til stor inspiration for hendes roman "Agnes Grey". Anne Brontë nåede kun at skrive to romaner, inden hun som 29-årig døde af tuberkulose; den sygdom, der tillige kostede begge hendes søstre livet.

Da en ung smuk kvinde flytter ind på det faldefærdige Wildfell Hall med kun en kammerpige og en lille dreng som ledsagere, bliver den lille by druknet i sladder om den mystiske kvinde, der altid holder sig for sig selv. Byens mest eftertragtede ungkarl forelsker sig i hende, og det lykkes ham lige så stille at lirke hendes ulykkelige livshistorie ud af hende; en historie om en dybt alkoholiseret og moralsk fordærvet ægtemand, hvis ondskabsfulde og nedværdigende opførsel til sidst drev hende og sønnen på flugt.Den engelske forfatter Anne Brontë (1820-1849) var den yngste af de tre Brontë-søstre, hvis romaner har gjort så stort et indtryk på læsere verden over. Anne Brontë voksede op i Yorkshire og arbejdede i en årrække som guvernante, hvilket har været til stor inspiration for hendes roman "Agnes Grey". Anne Brontë nåede kun at skrive to romaner, inden hun som 29-årig døde af tuberkulose; den sygdom, der tillige kostede begge hendes søstre livet.