The Complete Brontë Sisters Children’s Collection
The Complete Brontë Sisters Children’s Collection is £50 worth spending for little bookworms, as it contains the complete works in a set of books in a box, for hours of reading!
- Wuthering Heights (Heathcliff is taken in as a homeless boy, and as he gets older, is determined to destroy everyone around him).
- Jane Eyre (a plain young woman is treated unkindly by relatives and school. Once a governess at Thornfield, she meets Mr Rochester, the serious master of the house..
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Gilbert is determined to find out about the unmarried woman who is very secretive, then finds her journal…)
- Agnes Grey (when she loses her money, she leaves home to become a governess in a new town and meets handsome and gentle Mr Weston..)
- The Professor (rejected by his cruel brother, William travels to Belgium to start a new life. He becomes a professor, and grows close to a young teacher, but his new friend suddenly leaves without a word).
- Shirley (Caroline’s friendship with bright and funny Shirley is what she needs, but unrest is brewing in the village…)
- Villette (Lucy has had enough loss for a lifetime, so hopes she can find happiness on becoming a teacher in a new town. But finds that falling in love is not simple).
As a bonus, you also receive a life story on the sisters. Growing up poor and motherless on the Yorkshire Moors, Charlotte is strong and loves to travel, Emily is shy and prefers animals over people, and Anne is the gentlest of them all. Yet all three have big imaginations and bigger dreams!
It’s written by Stephanie, who was born in England, before training in New Zealand, and returned to England when she married her husband and writes writing workshops. She lives in the Chiltern Hills.
Who Were the Brontë Siblings?
Everyone has heard of the Brontë siblings. There were three sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne) who between them wrote some of our most loved novels in history, plus a brother Branwell, who was also a writer.
All four siblings died very young, from a family blighted by tragedy. They grew up in the Yorkshire hill village of Haworth, their father the local vicar at the parsonage.
Patrick was Irish-born with strong views, and a love of books. His wife Maria died in 1821, leaving six children. Two other children (Maria and Elizabeth) died young.
The parsonage was close to the Yorkshire Moors, with the sisters often walking the paths in all weathers. Their aunt Elizabeth Branwell soon moved in to help raise the girls, and fed their heads with books and literature.
