Appeal

Author(s): Anne Brontë

Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)

Narrators: Chris Caron, Carmen H, David Lawrence, Elise Randall, Fshort, Snapdragon, Threegmgs, Algy Pug, Harvey Spurr, John Schuurman, Kristin G., Lee Ann Howlett, Lucy Perry, Martin Geeson, Michael Dalling, Nbvoices, NoelBadrian, Rhonda Federman, Ruth Golding, Ravenotation, Ekzemplaro, Verity Kendall, Kevin Chang, Pascal Ramseier

Number of Chapters: 24

Length: 19 minutes

Language: English

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of Appeal by Anne Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 5, 2012.

Appeal appears in 'Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell,' the first book ever published by the Bronte sisters. This book, a collection of poems by all the sisters, was first published in 1846 but did not sell at that time. After the sisters had made their names as novelists (and, sadly, after the deaths of Anne and Emily) a second edition was published in 1850 and became a commercial success.
In order to be taken seriously as poets and authors all three sisters adopted male pen names. Anne's particular pseudonym was Acton Bell.
(Summary by Lucy Perry)