Anne Brontë

«Agnes Grey» é um retrato gritante do isolamento, estagnação intelectual e apatia emocional que rodeava muitas das governantas de meados do século XIX. Um romance em tom muito intimista, escrito a partir da experiência da própria autora, afirmou-se como um marco da literatura que lida com a evolução social e moral da sociedade inglesa.

Bescheiden, aber wohlbehütet in einer kleinen Pfarrei in Nordengland aufgewachsen, muss die junge Agnes Grey ihre Familie verlassen, um eine Stellung als Gouvernante anzutreten. Schon bald machen die verwöhnten Kinder und das respektlose Verhalten der reichen Herrschaften ihr das Leben schwer, aber mit Großmut und Geduld gelingt es Agnes, sich und ihren Idealen treu zu bleiben. Doch dann trifft sie den jungen Hilfspfarrer Edward Weston, und in...

Combining a sensational story of a man's physical and moral decline through alcohol, a study of marital breakdown, a disquisition on the care and upbringing of children, and a hard-hitting critique of the position of women in Victorian society, this passionate tale of betrayal is set within a stern moral framework tempered by Anne Bronte's optimistic belief in universal redemption. It tells the story of the estranged wife of a dissolute rake, desperate...

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted masculine first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell....

Few families in history can boast of the incredible literary achievements of the Brontë sisters - Anne, Emily and Charlotte - who penned three of the most beloved novels ever written: Anne's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," Emily's "Wuthering Heights" and Charlotte's "Jane Eyre." Collected here are all three of these classic novels, plus a pair of essays penned by Charlotte fiercely defending her sister's books and drawing attention to the literary...

Few families in history can boast of the incredible literary achievements of the Brontë sisters - Anne, Emily and Charlotte - who penned three of the most beloved novels ever written: Anne's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," Emily's "Wuthering Heights" and Charlotte's "Jane Eyre." Collected here are all three of these classic novels, plus a pair of essays penned by Charlotte fiercely defending her sister's books and drawing attention to the literary...

A editora Mimética oferece aos seus leitores 30 obras-primas da literatura mundial num único volume: - Alighieri, Dante: "A Divina Comédia" - Austen, Jane: "Persuasão" - Balzac, Honoré de: "Ilusões Perdidas" - Brontë, Anne: "Agnes Grey" - Brontë, Charlotte: "Jane Eyre" - Cervantes, Miguel de: "Dom Quixote" - Cooper, James Fenimore: "O Último Moicano" - Dickens, Charles: "David Copperfield" - Dostoiévski, Fiódor: "Crime e Castigo" - Dumas,...