The Brontës : [wild genius on the moors: the story of a literary family] / Juliet Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Juliet R. V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brontë family.

Novelists, English--19th century--Biography.

Novelists, English.

Women novelists, English.

Women novelists, English--19th century--Biography.

Yorkshire (England)--Biography.

Yorkshire (England).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 1158 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2012.

Summary:

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--created by amateur biographers from Mrs. Gaskell who were primarily novelists and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius.Juliet Barker's landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontës. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling--but true. Based on first hand research among all the Brontë manuscripts and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Brontë biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable.The Brontës is a revolutionary picture of the world's favorite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.

Notes:

Previous ed.: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.

Subtitle from dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1605983659

9781605983653

OCLC:

755705033

Publisher Number:

99950198547