1820-1849

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Anne Bronte?.

Celebrating the joy of storytelling and the love of books, this story of the four motherless Bront? children shows how, through the power of reading novels, poetry, history and fables, they grew up to become some of English literature's finest writers.

"In the English countryside of the nineteenth century, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bront?--coping with an elderly father and a brother dedicated to drinking--find themselves confronting their family's stormy economic forturnes. And they do it their own way: overcoming difficulties and first failures with pride and courage; transforming their creative talents into a source of sustenance; and finally living lives of freedom"--Provided by publisher.

A critical look at the works of nineteenth-century sisters and writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte.

Places the lives and works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte in a historical perspective and explores the social and political conditions that influenced the sisters' writings.

An exploration of the lives of the Bront? sisters and the time in which they lived.

Explores how the Bronte sisters became cultural symbols in the mid-eighteenth century, despite the fact that their novels scandalized English society and the truth about their identities shocked their readers.