Beautifully readable modern prose translations of the classic 19th-century verses of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte
The 19th-century British sisters produced much fine literature. They are most famous for their novels – Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and so on. However, they also wrote profound and distinctive poems on many topics.
Their poetry dealt with issues in faith, morality, and society. They reflected on love, personal loss, and introspection – and explored themes of passion, solitude, and spirituality.
The poems contain remarkable descriptions of nature and the supernatural. We find in them expressions of intense emotion and awesomely vivid imagery.
Charlotte Bronte penned her renowned poem "Gilbert" at age 13. She continued writing throughout her life with various magazines publishing her poems alongside her novels.
Emily Bronte (1818 -1848) and Anne Bronte (1820 -1849) had most of their poetry published in the book Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846). The sisters used masculine pen names for privacy and because the society of the time was often reluctant to take female writers seriously. However, norms have changed. Today, the Bronte novels and poems are available everywhere and receive the acclaim they deserve.
The present anthology is a modernized version of the original 1846 collection. It is part of a series from the publisher translating classic poetic works into present-day prose to improve their readability and understandability.
