The Brontës /
Juliet Barker's landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling---but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts and contemporary historical documents never before u...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
[2013].
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| Summary: | Juliet Barker's landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling---but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts and contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this newly revised edition is both scholarly and compulsively readable. The Brontes is a revolutionary picture of the world's favorite literary family. |
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| Item Description: | Includes the preface to the second edition (p.[ix]-x). |
| Physical Description: | xx, 1158 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1605984590 9781605984599 |