Tales of the Islanders Vol. 4

The Juvenilia Press has published the latest volume in the series devoted to Charlotte Brontë's "Tales of the Islanders".

Tales of the Islanders Vol.4. Edited by Professor Christine Alexander from the School of English and several postgraduate students this volume was the thirty-sixth to be published by the Press.

"Charlotte Bronte was fourteen years old when she finished this last volume of Tales of the Islanders, based on one of the Bronte children's earliest games," said Professor Alexander, the Director of Juvenilia Press. "The Press promotes the study of literary juvenilia, a category of literature that has been largely neglected."

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Charlotte Brontë's Tales of the Islanders Volume 4

In volume 4 of Tales of the Islanders the Brontës, disguised as three old washerwomen, confront the Duke of Wellington. Domesticity and the real world are left behind in favour of fantasy and otherworldly tales.

Edited by: Christine Alexander with the assistance of Donna Couto and the students of English 5032 at the University of New South Wales.
Introduction: Christine Alexander
Editorial Team: Melissa Carr, Ariko Hiramatsu Helen Maston.
Illustrated: Pia de Compiègne
Juvenilia Press
Sydney 2005

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The Juvenilia Press publishes early works by known writers such as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence, and Malcolm Lowry. The attractive little books that emerge provide a window on the writer's development and engaging glimpses of the young genius at work.

The Juvenilia Press involves students in the work of editing, annotating and illustrating, under the supervision of established scholars. The Press is proud to showcase this work. Student essays on the editing and publication process, as well as collections of volume illustrations, can be accessed from the links at right.

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