Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal: Selected Early Writings

Fantasy

Author: Christine Alexander

In their collaborative early writings, the Brontes created and peopled the most extraordinary fantasy worlds, whose geography and history they elaborated in numerous stories, poems, and plays. Together they invented characters based on heroes and writers such as Wellington, Napoleon, Scott, and Byron, whose feuds, alliances, and love affairs weave an intricate web of socia….Read More

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