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The Brontes

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The Brontes

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The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addled wastrel of a brother, wildly romantic Emily, unrequited Anne, and "poor Charlotte." Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that - imaginary - created by amateur biographers such as Mrs. Gaskell who were primarily novelists and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius.Juliet Barker''''s landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, including contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. The Brontes is a revolutionary picture of the world''''s favorite literary family.

Author Biography:

Juliet Barker, author of Agincourt and other critically acclaimed works of history and biography, has a PhD in history from Oxford University and was for six years curator of the Bronte Parsonage Museum at Haworth. She has been involved with all recent research into the Brontes and has made many major new finds that are revealed for the first time in this book.
Release date Australia
June 1st, 2013
Author
Pages
1184
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Pegasus Books
Dimensions
152x229x51
ISBN-13
9781605984599
Product ID
20972659

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