Anne Bronte Quotes


I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the first advances, or at least show some signs of an humble and contrite spirit, first; for, if I began, it would only minister to his self-conceit, increase his arrogance, and quite destroy the lesson I wanted to give him.


Citations

Brontë, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. T. C. Newby, 1848.

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Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte
  • Born: January 17, 1820
  • Died: May 28, 1849
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Novelist, Governess

Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.