Anne Bronte Reimagined

With skilled close readings of her work, Hay convincingly argues that Bronts writing on loneliness and societys expectations for women remain relevant accessible a fine place to start for readers new to her work.Publishers WeeklyAnne Brontis now widely believed to have written the finest of all the Bront worksand the first ever feminist novel.Why, then,is she less famous than Charlotte and Emily? Discover the real Anne and why she remained for so long in her sisters' shadow.Annes writing has often been compared harshly with that of Charlotte and Emilyas if living in her sisters shadows throughout her life wasnt enough. But her reputation, literary and personal, has changed dramatically sinceAgnes Greywas first published in 1846. Then, shocked reviewers complained of her crudeness and vulgaritywords used to this day to belittle women writing about oppression.Her second and most famous work,The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, was groundbreaking in its subject matter: marital and alcohol abuse and the rights of married women. A book that refused to sweep difficult truths under the rug. A book so ahead of its time that even her sisters werent ready for it, Charlotte being one of its harshest critics. And yet today's critics see it as perhaps the best of all the Bront works. With such a contradictory life and legacy: who was Anne, really? Its time to find out.