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In 1834, Charlotte Brontë and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books.
Continuing their saga some years later, the five 'novelettes' in this volume were written by Charlotte when she was in her early twenties, and depict a aristocratic beau monde in witty, racy and ironic language.
She creates an exotic, scandalous atmosphere of intrigue and destructive passions, with a cast ranging from the ageing rake Northangerland and his Byronic son-in-law Zamorna, King of Angria, to Mary Percy, Zamorna's lovesick wife, and Charles Townshend, the cynical, gossipy narrator.
Together the tales provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and creative processes of the young writer who was to become one of the world's great novelists.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:656 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:29/06/2006
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- ISBN:9780140435092
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:656 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:29/06/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140435092