The Brontes by Juliet Barker - ISBN: 9780349122427
Paperback
Uncover the real Brontes: genius, tragedy, and truth beyond the myths.

The Brontes

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  • Paperback

    1184 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2011

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Summary

The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild 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 onwards who were primarily novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius.

Juliet Barker’s land…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349122427
ISBN-10:0349122423
Author:Juliet Barker
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:1184
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 January 2011
Weight:777g
Dimensions:130mm x 199mm x 57mm
About The Author

Juliet Barker

Juliet Barker is a distinguished biographer, medievalist, and scholar. She is both a bestselling historian and a critically acclaimed expert on the Brontës.

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