In the much anticipated follow-up to the landmark biography "The Brontes", Juliet Barker uses her unrivaled knowledge of the Bronte family, including newly discovered letters and manuscripts, to create an absorbing and entertaining book that is as original, compelling, and bold as the Bronte family. 35 photos .
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Barker proves herself an impeccable editor of family papers we are all the richer for possessing. -- New York Times Book Review
Provides a real sense of what those strange, brilliant people were like-simultaneously withdrawn from life and passionately interested in it. -- The Atlantic Monthly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Provides a real sense of what those strange, brilliant people were like-simultaneously withdrawn from life and passionately interested in it. -- The Atlantic Monthly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Juliet Barker is the author of six books, including the acclaimed biography, The Brontës. She is the editor of Charlotte Brontë: Juvenilia and spent six years as curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A thorough, well-crafted collection of letters,
This review is from: The Brontes: A Life in Letters (Hardcover)
What have us slobbering Bronte fans done to deserve the work of Juliet Barker? Her biography of the Brontes is just terrific, and with this collection of letters, Barker has topped herself. It's always difficult to review a book like this: so much of what makes the book wonderful is the quality of the letter writers themselves--and the Brontes were exceptional letter writers. But Barker's editing and her selection shine in this volume. She tells us enough background information so that we understand the correspondence, but she doesn't bog us down with a lot of details (those she put in her biography, which I also recommend).
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Brontes: A Life in Letters (Hardcover)
Unfortunately, the book focuses mainly on Charlotte, but only b/c she wrote the most letters. This is a fantastic edition of the Brontes letters. The letters themselves are so intriguing, it makes one wonder about the letters which have not survived. What would Charlotte, such a brilliant correspondant, have written to Arthur Bell Nicholls, the man who eventually b/c her husband? What would Emily, such a terse correspondant, have written to Charlotte while she was in Brussels. Barker attempts to balance the book by including Emily and Anne's diary papers. Patrick's letters humanize him, and Maria Branwell Bronte's letters are particularly touching.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reads like a novel,
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This review is from: The Brontes: A Life in Letters (Hardcover)
The Brontes' lives were double distilled into fiction: once in their own writings and again in Mrs Gaskell's life of Charlotte. Juliet Barker did a wonderful job of resurrecting Patrick's reputation from Mrs Gaskell's character assasination in "The Brontes" and I do not see how this collection of letters for the general reader could be bettered. The editorial commentary is everything it should be and I think this book is a model of its kind. Incredible immediacy. I have never felt closer to Haworth Parsonage and its amazing inhabitants.
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