![]() ![]() The resulting book, The Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, published in 1846 at the sisters’ own expense, sold exactly two copies. … The book was printed: it is scarcely known, was published and advertised at the sisters’ own expense and sold two copies) and all of it that merits to be known are the poems of Ellis Bell.” ![]() We agreed to arrange a small section of our poems, and, if possible, get them printed. This dream, never relinquished even when distance divided and absorbing tasks occupied us, now suddenly acquired strength and consistency: it took the character of a resolve. “We had very early cherished the dream of one day becoming authors. The sisters took masculine, or at least indeterminate, noms de plume. ![]() Before attempting to publish novels, Charlotte undertook the task of finding a home for a collaborative book of poems, thinking it would be a good stepping stone (it wasn’t, as it turned out). Though Emily’s has come to be known as the best among their poetic works, poems by Charlotte Brontëare more than meriting of a consideration.Ĭharlotte is best known for Jane Eyre (1847) and also wrote Shirley (1849) and Villette(1853). The Brontë sisters - Charlotte, Emily, and Anne - literary geniuses all, are best known for their classic novels, but each was a poet in her own right. ![]()
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