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

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


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





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among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable.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.

Biografia, Autobiografia, Memórias

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Esse ano começamos as comemorações de bicentenários de nascimento das Irmãs Brontë, partindo da Charlotte. Como estive lendo vários dos livros delas nos últimos tempos – só esse ano já foram Shirley e A Inquilina de Wildfell Hall – decidi que era hora de entender um pouco mais sobre as autoras, especialmente porque os livros delas são considerados fortemente autobiográficos. De início, pensei de procurar a biografia de Charlotte Brontë escrita pela Elizabeth Gaskell – afinal, eu gos... leia mais

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