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Poetry

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë

The Brontë sisters’ first collection, published under the Bell pseudonyms.

3 hr estimatedB2–C1 Linden levelRead now availability18 chapters
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About this book

The Brontë sisters’ first book presents poems of faith, isolation, landscape, imagination and emotional endurance under their Bell pseudonyms. Some religious and gender assumptions reflect its Victorian setting.

First published
1846
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B2–C1 · Deep reading

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell is calibrated from 31,394 sampled words across 18 chapters: sentences average 22.9 words, 36.5% exceed 24 words and 3.1% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

What the prose asks

Extended sentences averaging 22.9 words, with 13.2% reaching 40 words or more

Vocabulary

What may slow you down

3.1% of sampled words contain nine or more letters and about 20.51 marked archaic terms per thousand words; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Short commitment

Regular chapter-sized stopping points support a steady plan. About 6 calm 30-minute sessions.

Suggested approach

Read with momentum

Read in planned sessions and keep short notes on voice, structure and recurring images

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Begin with chapter one

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Table of contents

18 chapters

  1. 01Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 18 min
  2. 02Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 28 min
  3. 03Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 38 min
  4. 04Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 48 min
  5. 05Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 58 min
  6. 06Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 68 min
  7. 07Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 78 min
  8. 08Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 88 min
  9. 09Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 98 min
  10. 10Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 108 min
  11. 11Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 118 min
  12. 12Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 128 min
  13. 13Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 138 min
  14. 14Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 148 min
  15. 15Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 158 min
  16. 16Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 168 min
  17. 17Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 178 min
  18. 18Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · Part 186 min
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë

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Charlotte Brontë

An English novelist and poet whose first-person fiction joined moral intensity to a strong claim for women’s emotional and intellectual equality.

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Portrait of Emily Brontë

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Emily Brontë

An English novelist and poet whose only novel joins fierce attachment to social exclusion, inherited injury and the exposed landscape of the Yorkshire moors.

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Portrait of Anne Brontë

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Anne Brontë

An English novelist and poet whose unsparing domestic fiction makes work, legal dependence and the protection of children central to a woman’s claim to freedom.

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