Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, credited to Bronte sisters, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of the Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell by Charles Dickens. Read by Ellis Christoff. Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846, and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Bronte sisters adopted androgynous first names. Marked by profound sentiments, gravity and melodious harmony, the poems are strewn on the fields of soulful love, rueful reminiscence and the immortal yearnings of a Christian soul, and represent a fragrant assemblage of noetic flowers from the glebes of olden England. For those not familiar with the Bronte sisters' poetry, it should be noted that many of their poems were written in the context of their fictional, shared worlds of Gondal and Angria. (Written by Ellis Christoff) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
• Author credits: Bronte sisters
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 60
• Listed recording duration: 3:35:36

Catalogue topics

• Brontë
• Bronte
• Bell
• poems
• poetry

Opening tracks: first 24 of 60

1. 00 - Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell — 17:44
2. 01 - Pilate's Wife's Dream — 10:14
3. 02 - Faith and Despondency — 3:41
4. 03 - A Reminiscence — 1:09
5. 04 - Mementos — 13:09
6. 05 - Stars — 2:43
7. 06 - The Philosopher — 2:59
8. 07 - The Arbour — 1:45
9. 08 - Home — 1:38
10. 09 - The Wife's Will — 3:36
11. 10 - Remembrance — 2:24
12. 11 - Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas — 2:42
13. 12 - The Wood — 7:20
14. 13 - A Death Scene — 2:52
15. 14 - Song — 1:34
16. 15 - The Penitent — 0:51
17. 16 - Music on Christmas Morning — 2:27
18. 17 - Frances — 13:12
19. 18 - Anticipation — 2:41
20. 19 - Stanzas — 1:30
21. 20 - Gilbert — 18:54
22. 21 - The Prisoner — 5:10
23. 22 - If this be all — 1:41
24. 23 - Life — 1:17

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