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The story of the tragic Brontė family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted 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 from 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 Brontės. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling—but true. Based on first hand research among all the Brontė manuscripts and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Brontė biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable.The Brontės is a revolutionary picture of the world’s favorite literary family.
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Definitive. Barker's greatest service is to rescue the family of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne from myth, who were provided particularly hideous stereotypes by Charlotte's first biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell. The doom and tragedy are there.
Barker s updated and enthralling biography of the Brontes carries us deeper into the everyday realities of their strange world. The stuff of lurid legend.--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's "Fresh Air"
Definitive. Barker s greatest service is to rescue the family of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne from myth, who were provided particularly hideous stereotypes by Charlotte s first biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell. The doom and tragedy are there."
Barker's updated and enthralling biography of the Brontes carries us deeper into the everyday realities of their strange world. The stuff of lurid legend.--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's "Fresh Air"
About the Author
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.
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- PublisherPegasus Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1605983659
- ISBN 13 9781605983653
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages1158
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