On 4 July 1846, two anonymous reviews appeared of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell: one mildly positive by Sydney Dobell
in the Athenæum, and one enthusiastic in the Critic.
Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press, 1994.
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Reception
Emily Brontë
Charlotte tried to promote the volume by sending copies to such authors as Wordsworth
, Tennyson
, De Quincey
, and Ebenezer Elliot
.
Allott, Miriam, editor. The Brontës. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974.
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Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press, 1994.