Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life by Samantha Ellis
Hardcover, UK | Signed | 2nd Printing | 2017 | Publisher: Chatto & Windus
A warm, deeply personal, and brilliantly argued signed copy from Samantha Ellis — the acclaimed writer and playwright whose previous book How to Be a Heroine became a widely celebrated feminist cultural manifesto. In Take Courage, Ellis makes a passionate and overdue case for Anne Brontë — the youngest and most overlooked of the three famous sisters — as the most radical and truthful of them all. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne's second novel, tackled domestic abuse, alcoholism, and female independence decades before such subjects were considered acceptable, and Ellis restores her to her rightful place in the literary canon. Published by the prestigious Chatto & Windus.
Signed and inscribed by the author: "To Holly with best wishes."
Condition: Good condition with slightly dented bottom of the spine.
A signed and inscribed copy for fans of the Brontës, feminist literary history, and Samantha Ellis's unique brand of personal criticism.