We Wove a Web in Childhood by Ruth Thomas

'We pretended we had each a large island inhabited by people 6 miles high.' In their collaborative early writings the Brontës created and peopled the most extraordinary fantasy worlds, whose geography and history they elaborated in numerous stories, poems, and plays. A detailed chronology and guides to further reading provide further reference material, making this a volume indispensable for scholars and students, and all those interested in the Brontës and their work.ĭownload Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle The essays also consider the meaning and significance of the Brontës' enduring popular appeal. In a series of original essays, contributors explore the roots of the sisters' achievement in early nineteenth-century Haworth, and the childhood 'plays' they developed they set these writings within the context of a wider history, and show how each sister engages with some of the central issues of her time. This Companion offers a fascinating introduction to those works, including two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century - Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights. The extraordinary works of the three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë have entranced and challenged scholars, students, and general readers for the past 150 years.

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We Wove a Web in Childhood by Ruth Thomas