As the work went on, the interest deepened to the writer. When she came to 'Thornfield' she could not stop. Co. Elizabeth Gaskell goes on to tell of the day Charlotte told her father that she was Currer Bell, the author of ' 'Jane Eyre' . Yes, and I want you to read it. But Charlotte wrote more than just novels.
Poetry is the music of the heart, and out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
In 1846, the sisters published 'Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell' . One day, in the autumn of 1845, I accidentally lighted on a manuscript volume of verse in my sister Emily's handwriting. I thought them condensed and terse, vigorous and genuine. To my ear, they had also a peculiar music - wild, melancholy, and elevating. I knew, however, that a mind like hers could not be without some latent spark of honourable ambition, and refused to be discouraged in my attempts to fan that spark to flame.