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Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell

by Anne BRONTË (1820 - 1849)

Ellis Bell - Death

Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846, and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Bronte sisters adopted androgynous first names. Marked by profound sentiments, gravity and melodious harmony, the poems are strewn on the fields of soulful love, rueful reminiscence and the immortal yearnings of a Christian soul, and represent a fragrant assemblage of noetic flowers from the glebes of olden England. For those not familiar with the Bronte sisters' poetry, it should be noted that many of their poems were written in the context of their fictional, shared worlds of Gondal and Angria. (Written by Ellis Christoff)

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Listen next episodes of Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell:
Acton Bell - Appeal , Acton Bell - Fluctuations , Acton Bell - Self-Congratulation , Acton Bell - The Captive Dove , Acton Bell - The Student's Life , Acton Bell - Views of Life , Currer Bell - Parting , Currer Bell - The Missionary , Currer Bell - Winter Stores , Ellis Bell - Honour's Martyr , Ellis Bell - My Comforter , Ellis Bell - Stanzas , Ellis Bell - Stanzas to – , Ellis Bell - The Old Stoic