![]() They had intended to publish them together, but nobody was interested in ‘The Professor’. ![]() What those people didn’t realise, of course, was that Agnes Grey was written a year before Charlotte’s book and so any imitation must have been the other way round.Ĭharlotte had written ‘The Professor’ at the same time as Anne wrote ‘Agnes Grey’ and Emily Brontë wrote ‘Wuthering Heights’. Little wonder that many people accused Anne, as Acton, of imitating the instant smash hit that was Jane Eyre. ![]() At the heart of both books, as well, is a yearning for love and a remarkably similar ending. They are bright and kind hearted, quiet and yet forthright, and both would never dream of doing anything immoral or dishonest. Two months later, ‘Agnes Grey’ by Acton Bell, Anne Brontë of course, was published and readers and critics didn’t take long to notice many similarities.īoth novels are narrated by a heroine who has lost her father and eventually becomes a governess. It was ‘Jane Eyre’ by Currer Bell, who we now know, of course, as Charlotte Brontë. On October 16th 1847 a book was published that would shake up English literature, and that will be loved and admired for as long as books are read. ![]() Anne Brontë: Writer Of Genius, Woman Of Courage.Please enter your email address to subscribe to my Anne Bronte blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. ![]()
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