An edition of The Brontës (1994)

The Brontës

1st U.S. ed.
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An edition of The Brontës (1994)

The Brontës

1st U.S. ed.
  • 6 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

The tragic story of the Bronte family is well known, replete with a half-mad father, a wastrel of a brother, and three uniquely gifted - and oppressed - sisters. But beyond these familiar details, the Brontes' story has remained largely obscure.

This landmark book is the first definitive history of this fascinating family. Based on eleven years of research among newly discovered letters by every member of the family, original manuscripts, and the newspapers of that time, it gives a new and fuller picture of the Brontes' lives from beginning to end and, in the process, demolishes many myths.

The father, Patrick, was not, as commonly believed, the cold patriarch of a family of victims. Charlotte, ruthlessly self-willed, ran roughshod over her sisters and went so far as to alter or destroy their manuscripts when she disapproved. Emily was so psychologically and physically dependent on her fantasy life that she could not survive in the outside world. Anne, widely regarded as the gentlest of the sisters, had a core of steel and was a more daring and revolutionary author than Charlotte.

Branwell, the adored brother, was a talented poet who provided much of Charlotte's inspiration.

Publish Date
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
1003

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Brontës
The Brontës
2001, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: The Brontës
The Brontës
1995, St. Martin's Press
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: The Brontës
The Brontës
1995, Phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: The Brontës
The Brontës
1994, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
in English
Cover of: The Brontës
The Brontës
1994, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Thomas Dunne book."
"First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld and Nicolson."

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.809, B
Library of Congress
PR4168 .B37 1995, PR4168.B37 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 1003 p. :
Number of pages
1003

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL790350M
Internet Archive
brontes00bark
ISBN 10
0312134452
LCCN
95022806
OCLC/WorldCat
37349840
Library Thing
3031638
Goodreads
763144

Work Description

A history of the Bronte family, attempting to demolish the myths surrounding the sisters, while providing new information based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts and from contemporary historical documents previously unused by Brontebiographers.

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