In Search of Anne Brontë by Nick Holland

However, George Moore, the respected Irish novelist, regarded it as, ‘The most perfect prose narrative in English letters… a narrative simple and beautiful as a muslin dress… We know we are reading a masterpiece.

By contrast reviewers observed that Agnes Grey was ‘less ambitious and less repulsive.’ Although written before Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey was published afterwards and as a result fell under the shadow of her sister’s book and thus fared less well. In 1846 their three narratives were ready to be sent off to publishers in London.Įmily’s novel attracted the larger share of critical attention in the form of astonishment, perplexity and outrage. Agnes Grey was Anne’s first novel, written at the time when Emily was working on Wuthering Heights and Charlotte on The Professor.

To A Strange Somewhere Fled To A Strange Somewhere Fled All Things That Matter Press Now available in Kindle Edition as well as Paperback.Anne Brontë (1820 -1849) was the youngest and perhaps the least well known of the Brontë sisters, those brilliant northern scribes who created some of the most enduring of novels written in the first half of the nineteenth century. Via Without The Veil Between, An Interview With DM Denton - Anne Brontë Thankfully, Diane Denton certainly has that… There have been several attempts down the years to portray members of the Brontë family in a fictional form, and it can be a dangerous undertaking as I feel you really have to have a love of the family to be able to pull it off. Without The Veil Between, An Interview With DM Denton - Anne BrontëĮarlier in the week I marked World Sight Day by looking at Patrick Brontë’s sight saving operation, and the impact it had on the Brontës, but today’s post is something different – an interview with DM Denton, the American author of acclaimed novel ‘Without The Veil Between, Anne Brontë: A Fine And Subtle Spirit’. ♦What do you think Anne and her sisters would have thought of the worldwide fame they’ve achieved two hundred years after their births? ♦Your book has, quite rightly, had some great reviews – do you think you’ll return to the Brontë family for future books? ♦What message does Anne have for people today? ♦What is your favourite Anne Brontë poem and why? Do you think she loved Weightman and did he love her? ♦Your book looks at Anne Brontë’s time at Thorp Green Hall and at her relationship with William Weightman. Did Anne Brontë’s drawing skills inspire you, as well as her writing skills? ♦The book features your own illustrations. ♦The book’s title is ‘Without the Veil Between, Anne Brontë: A Fine and Subtle Spirit’.

♦“You’ve become noted for your historical fiction, but what made you pick Anne Brontë for a subject?” Loved Nick’s questions! Please go over to for my answers to: Thank you to Brontë scholar and biographer Nick Holland for interviewing me on his blog.

In Search of Anne Brontë by Nick Holland