Juliet Barker
The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family

The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family

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From the publisher: "The story of the tragic Brontë 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—the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius. Juliet Barker demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling—but true. Based on firsthand research among all the Brontë manuscripts and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Brontë biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. The Brontës is a revolutionary picture of the world’s favorite literary family."

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