ISBN: 9780349122427

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, unr… Altro …

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 landmark book was the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable.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 favourite literary family.''As a work of scholarship it is briliant . . . For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a stupendous read'' INDPENDENT ON SUNDAY | The Brontes by Juliet Barker Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Biography & Memoir P10101, Juliet Barker<

2010, ISBN: 9780349122427

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, unr… Altro …

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 landmark book was the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among 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 favourite literary family.'As a work of scholarship it is briliant . . . For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a stupendous read' INDPENDENT ON SUNDAY Books Juliet Barker|Paperback|Little, Brown Book Group|04/11/2010, Little, Brown Book Group<

ISBN: 9780349122427

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, unr… Altro …

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 landmark book was the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among 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 favourite literary family. 'As a work of scholarship it is briliant . . . For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a stupendous read' INDPENDENT ON SUNDAY Books, [PU: Sphere Books]<

ISBN: 9780349122427

Paperback, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], * Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for this edition, Biography: General, Literary Studies: … Altro …

Paperback, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], * Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for this edition, Biography: General, Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900, Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers<

2010, ISBN: 0349122423

[EAN: 9780349122427], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Brown Book Group Little Nov 2010], Neuware -\\* Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for th… Altro …

[EAN: 9780349122427], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Brown Book Group Little Nov 2010], Neuware -\\* Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for this edition 1184 pp. Englisc, Books<