The Brontë Sisters Collection: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey
Written by Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte
Narrated by Fiona Hardingham, Billie Fulford-Brown and Sarah Coomes
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was at the forefront of first-person narrative storytelling and is beloved for its ability to put the reader in a fictional character’s head in a setting that, while realistic, also has fantasy and Gothic elements as well. With strong themes of classism, individualism, feminism, and a strong sense of morality, Jane Eyre is an important piece of classic English literature, and remains impactful to a modern audience.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, Emily Brontë's only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology.
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey is a young woman determined to prove to her family that she is mature and able to contribute financially to the household when her father’s investment plan goes awry. Agnes seeks out placements as a governess, and her jobs takes her between wealthy households far from home with unruly children and untidy houses.
Despite her self-perceived independence and maturity, Agnes lives an isolated life that is full of oppressive rules and strictures. Though she is constantly surrounded by people, she has to sacrifice close supportive familial and romantic relationships in her pursuit of her career. The events in the novel have close ties to Anne Brontë’s real experiences as a governess, and it has been suggested that this semi-autobiographical narrative opened readers’ eyes to the unfair and restrictive lives of 19th century governesses. A realistically humanizing story told in beautifully simple prose, Agnes Grey is a delightful Brontë novel that is not to be overlooked.
Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Brontë, born in 1816, was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, and one of the nineteenth century's greatest novelists. She is the author of Villette, The Professor, several collections of poetry, and Jane Eyre, one of English literature's most beloved classics. She died in 1855.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is only a note on performances. Thank God I had access to different audio books with other performers to hear WH and JE (wonderful Amanda Root for the latter). To listen to S. Coombes read A. Gray is to listen to a television announcer who didn't understand the words on the page. Her intonation sounds literally like that of a synthesized voice on a little recording heads cleaning device I had 30 years ago. Maybe Sarah Coombes is AI. I cannot understand how a human being would be hired to do what she did.