Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
Anne Brontë
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) (3 hr 35 min)
Chapters
| Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell | 17:44 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Pilate's Wife's Dream (writing as Currer Bell) | 10:13 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Mementos (writing as Currer Bell) | 3:41 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - A Reminiscence | 1:08 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Mementos | 13:09 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Stars | 2:43 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - The Philosopher | 2:59 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - The Arbour | 1:44 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Home | 1:38 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - The Wife's Will | 3:36 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Remembrance | 2:23 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas | 2:41 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - The Wood | 7:19 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - A Death Scene | 2:51 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Song | 1:33 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - The Penitent | 0:51 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Music on Christmas Morning | 2:27 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Frances | 13:11 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Anticipation | 2:40 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Stanzas | 1:30 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Gilbert | 18:53 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - The Prisoner | 5:09 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - If this be all | 1:40 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Life | 1:16 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Hope | 1:13 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Memory | 2:23 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - The Letter | 4:01 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - A Day-Dream | 3:27 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - To Cowper | 2:15 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Regret | 1:41 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - To Imagination | 2:02 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - The Doubter's Prayer | 2:41 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Presentiment | 3:37 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - How clear she shines | 2:19 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - The Teacher's Monologue | 4:28 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Sympathy | 1:00 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Past Days | 1:43 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Passion | 2:29 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Preference | 3:41 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Plead for Me | 2:05 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - The Consolation | 1:48 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Evening Solace | 1:49 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Self-Interrogation | 2:30 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Lines composed in a Wood on a Windy Day | 1:03 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Stanzas | 2:28 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Death | 2:17 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Views of Life | 8:51 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Parting | 1:44 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Stanzas to – | 1:39 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Appeal | 0:48 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Honour's Martyr | 3:13 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - The Student's Life | 1:59 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - Stanzas | 1:00 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - The Captive Dove | 1:40 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - Winter Stores | 2:36 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - My Comforter | 1:58 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Self-Congratulation | 2:40 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Currer Bell - The Missionary | 8:29 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Ellis Bell - The Old Stoic | 0:52 | Read by Ellis Christoff |
| Acton Bell - Fluctuations | 2:08 | Read by Ellis Christoff |