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Samantha Ellis - Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life - 9781784740214 - V9781784740214
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Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life

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Description for Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life Hardback. Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
'I was wowed and moved' Tracy Chevalier Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings -- virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Or that's what Samantha Ellis, a life-long Emily and Wuthering Heights devotee, had always thought. Until, that is, she started questioning that devotion and, in looking more closely at Emily and Charlotte, found herself confronted by Anne instead. Take Courage is Samantha's personal, poignant and surprising journey ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
485 g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784740214
SKU
V9781784740214
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Samantha Ellis
Samantha Ellis is a playwright and journalist. Her first book How to be a Heroine was published in 2014. Her plays include Cling to me Like Ivy, Operation Magic Carpet and How to Date a Feminist. She has written for the Guardian, Observer, TLS, Spectator, Literary Review, The Pool, Exeunt and more. She lives in London.

Reviews for Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life
I thought that everything had already been said about the Brontes. But Samantha Ellis has looked at the family from a new angle, and in doing so brought Anne out of the shadows and placed her front and centre amongst her splashier siblings. I was wowed and moved
Tracy Chevalier A lively, intelligent tribute to the forgotten ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life


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