Adelle Hay is a lifelong Brontë aficionada and a passionate advocate for Anne Brontë’s place in the canon of classic English writers, alongside her better-known sisters, Charlotte and Emily. The Brontës inspired Adelle’s love of books from a young age, and she even went on to become a bookbinder before starting work on an academic project that focuses on textual criticism of Anne Brontë’s work, and how it has been edited ever since. Adelle’s dream is to create a digital archive of all the Brontë manuscripts in existence, ensuring the sisters’ seminal writing is preserved for future generations to read, interpret and enjoy.

“What pleases me most [of recent books on Anne] … and best reveals the sources of Anne’s strength, is Hay’s chapter on “Anne in Nature”, with its sensitive readings of her poetry and novels.”

• An Imaginary Anne; A Shifting Reputation; FOUR: ANNE IN NATURE; Respite In Nature; Anne And Animals; Scarborough And The Sea; FIVE: ANNE AND RELIGION; Christian Backdrop; A Religious Crisis; Radical Anne; SIX: ANNE’S SOCIAL CONSCIENCE; Anne And Education; Opportunities For Women; Helen’s Bedroom Door; SEVEN: READING LIKE A BRONTË; Textbooks; The Bible; The Pilgrim’s Progress; Paradise Lost; The Romantic Poets; Sir Walter Scott; Blackwood’s Magazine”

Adelle Hay is a lifelong Brontë aficionada and a passionate advocate for Anne Brontë’s place in the canon of classic English writers, alongside her better-known sisters, Charlotte and Emily. The Brontës inspired Adelle’s love of books from a young age, and she even went on to become a bookbinder before starting work on an academic project that focuses on textual criticism of Anne Brontë’s work, and how it has been edited ever since. Adelle’s dream is to create a digital archive of all the Brontë manuscripts in existence, ensuring the sisters’ seminal writing is preserved for future generations to read, interpret and enjoy.

“What pleases me most [of recent books on Anne] … and best reveals the sources of Anne’s strength, is Hay’s chapter on “Anne in Nature”, with its sensitive readings of her poetry and novels.”

• An Imaginary Anne; A Shifting Reputation; FOUR: ANNE IN NATURE; Respite In Nature; Anne And Animals; Scarborough And The Sea; FIVE: ANNE AND RELIGION; Christian Backdrop; A Religious Crisis; Radical Anne; SIX: ANNE’S SOCIAL CONSCIENCE; Anne And Education; Opportunities For Women; Helen’s Bedroom Door; SEVEN: READING LIKE A BRONTË; Textbooks; The Bible; The Pilgrim’s Progress; Paradise Lost; The Romantic Poets; Sir Walter Scott; Blackwood’s Magazine”

Adelle Hay is a lifelong Brontë aficionada and a passionate advocate for Anne Brontë’s place in the canon of classic English writers, alongside her better-known sisters, Charlotte and Emily. The Brontës inspired Adelle’s love of books from a young age, and she even went on to become a bookbinder before starting work on an academic project that focuses on textual criticism of Anne Brontë’s work, and how it has been edited ever since. Adelle’s dream is to create a digital archive of all the Brontë manuscripts in existence, ensuring the sisters’ seminal writing is preserved for future generations to read, interpret and enjoy.

“What pleases me most [of recent books on Anne] … and best reveals the sources of Anne’s strength, is Hay’s chapter on “Anne in Nature”, with its sensitive readings of her poetry and novels.”

• An Imaginary Anne; A Shifting Reputation; FOUR: ANNE IN NATURE; Respite In Nature; Anne And Animals; Scarborough And The Sea; FIVE: ANNE AND RELIGION; Christian Backdrop; A Religious Crisis; Radical Anne; SIX: ANNE’S SOCIAL CONSCIENCE; Anne And Education; Opportunities For Women; Helen’s Bedroom Door; SEVEN: READING LIKE A BRONTË; Textbooks; The Bible; The Pilgrim’s Progress; Paradise Lost; The Romantic Poets; Sir Walter Scott; Blackwood’s Magazine”