Abstract
It is impossible to present a clear, consecutive picture of the early writings of the Brontës. Miss Fannie Ratchford, whose work on the subject provides the best available conspectus, studied ‘in originals or copies more than a hundred manuscripts by Charlotte and her brother Branwell’. In volume they were found to equal all the previously published work of the Brontë sisters. Some of the books microscopically handprinted by Charlotte and Branwell exist only in fragments; some are lost; and all the Gondal prose of Emily and Anne appears to have been destroyed. What survives shows in particular Charlotte’s evolution as a writer, and throws light on the impulses, released or restrained, which were working in the direction of her mature novels.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Copyright information
© 1975 F. B. Pinion
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Pinion, F.B. (1975). Angria and Gondal. In: A Brontë Companion. Literary Companions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01745-4_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01745-4_7
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-01747-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-01745-4
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)