Charlotte Brontë became famous for her novels, but she also wrote poetry under the pen name Currer Bell, writing her first known poem at the age of 13. Many of her poems were published in collaboration with her sisters and concerned the fictional world of Glass Town, an imaginary world she created with her siblings in their youth. Charlotte further developed this concept and her later poems concerned the imaginary world of Angria, often concerning Byronic heroes. While she was unhappy working as a teacher Charlotte took out her sorrows in poetry, writing a series of spiritual and personal poems, drawing a sharp contrast between her miserable life as a teacher and the vivid imaginary worlds she and her siblings had created. This edition includes: Biography: The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell Poetry: Pilate's Wife's Dream Mementos The Wife's Will The Wood Frances Gilbert Life The Letter Regret Presentiment The Teacher's Monologue Passion Preference Evening Solace Stanzas Parting Apostasy Winter Stores The Missionary From Retrospection On the Death of Anne Brontë Pleasure Speak of the North! A Lonely Moor Richard Coeur de Lion and Blondel
