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The Brontës by Juliet Barker
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bookshelves: biography, literary-history

For Brontë devotees: I confess to skipping over most of Patrick's letters to local newspapers. Nonetheless, the account of Charlotte's lionization in the literary world following the success of Jane Eyre is fascinating. And Barker's stark descriptions of the deaths of Emily, Anne, and Charlotte are deeply moving.
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message 1: by G.H. (new)
Feb 12, 2018 08:17AM

G.H. Eckel Wuthering Heights was one of my favorites.


message 2: by G.G. (new) - rated it 4 stars
Feb 12, 2018 01:42PM

G.G. G.H. wrote: "Wuthering Heights was one of my favorites."
Yes, mine too--until I reread it and was shocked at how violent it was. That aspect of the novel hadn't stayed with me at all!


message 3: by G.H. (new)
Feb 12, 2018 03:00PM

G.H. Eckel yeow. it's been years since I read it and forgot about the violence. I just remember being taken by Catherine and Heathcliff. Maybe I won't read it again! lol


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