The Brontë Sisters Boxed Set, m. 4 Buch von Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë
Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Villette

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 2288 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Verlag: Penguin Books UKPenguin Classics
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780241248768

A beautiful clothbound boxed set designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith of four classics by the Brontë sisters:Wuthering Heights,Villette,Jane Eyre, andThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall<br><br>Penguin Classics presents the Brontë sisters four greatest works in a boxed set of lavish, clothbound Hardcover Classics editions designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the bleak moors ofWuthering Heightsto the French boarding school ofVilletteto the gloomy, mysterious country estates ofJane EyreandThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall, these four novels show the most famous siblings in literature at the peak of their powers.<br> <br>Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.2Charlotte,Emily, andAnneBrontëwere born in Yorkshire between 1816 and 1820. They wrote and shared stories from a young age, and in 1847, Charlotte sJane Eyreand Emily sWuthering Heightswere both published. All three also worked as governesses and teachers, experiences that inspired Anne sThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall(1848) and Charlotte sVillette(1853). They died in their twenties and thirties, leaving their father the only surviving family member.<br> <br>Coralie Bickford-Smith(cover design) is an award-winning designer at Penguin Books (U.K.), where she has created several highly acclaimed series designs. She is also the author ofThe Fox and the Star, the 2015 Waterstones Book of the Year. She studied typography at Reading University and lives in London.

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