Tales of Angria
Charlotte Bronte author Heather Glen editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:29th Jun '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In 1834, Charlotte Brontë and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books. Continuing their saga some years later, the five 'novelettes' in this volume were written by Charlotte when she was in her early twenties, and depict a aristocratic beau monde in witty, racy and ironic language. She creates an exotic, scandalous atmosphere of intrigue and destructive passions, with a cast ranging from the ageing rake Northangerland and his Byronic son-in-law Zamorna, King of Angria, to Mary Percy, Zamorna's lovesick wife, and Charles Townshend, the cynical, gossipy narrator. Together the tales provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and creative processes of the young writer who was to become one of the world's great novelists.
ISBN: 9780140435092
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm
Weight: 447g
656 pages