Best Poems of the Bronte Sisters

Among the most talented siblings in English literary history, the Bronte sisters are perhaps best known for their novels: Emily's "Wuthering Heights", Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" and Anne's "Tenant of Wildfell Hall", among others. It is less well known that the sisters also composed a great deal of fine poetry. This volume contains a careful selection of 47 poems by all three. Included are Charlotte's "Presentiment", "Passion", two poems on the deaths of her sisters, and six more. There are 23 poems by Emily (considered the best poet of the three) including "Faith and Despondency", "No Coward Soul is Mine" and 21 more. Anne is represented by 14 poems, among them "The Penitent", "If This Be All" and 12 others. If Emily is the preeminent poet, the work of all three sisters shares the qualities of intelligence, awareness and heartfelt emotion, expressed in simple, highly readable verse. Gathered in this handy, inexpensive collection, the poems represent a superb introduction to a...