A fascinating and wonderfully readable deconstruction of the countless myths that have grown up around the Brontes.
Lucasta Miller is a biographer and critic, whose articles have appeared in a wide number of publications, especially the Guardian. She is the author of two previous books on nineteenth-century literature, The Bronte Myth and L.E.L.- the Lost Life and Mysterious Death of the 'Female Byron', and is currently an Honorary Research Associate at University College, London and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
A brilliant and riveting examination of the Bronte phenomenon
*Daily Mail*
Written with wit and relish, and packed with irresistible
detail
*The Times*
Literary history is seldom related with such a pleasant combination
of brio and erudition
*Sunday Times*
Crisply written and witty - Lucasta Miller sends the reader
straight back to the wonderful novels that inspired such
hommages
*Independent on Sunday*
A sharp-witted study in literary reputation - Miller supplies a
deft and immaculately detailed tracing of the many 'constructions'
of Charlotte Bronte
*Observer*
Miller's unputdownable and erudite book has not only left us with a
clear picture and greater understanding of the Brontes, but tells
us a lot about ourselves too
*Daily Mail*
A brilliant and riveting examination of the Bronte phenomenon *
Daily Mail *
Written with wit and relish, and packed with irresistible detail *
The Times *
Literary history is seldom related with such a pleasant combination
of brio and erudition * Sunday Times *
Crisply written and witty - Lucasta Miller sends the reader
straight back to the wonderful novels that inspired such hommages *
Independent on Sunday *
A sharp-witted study in literary reputation - Miller supplies a
deft and immaculately detailed tracing of the many 'constructions'
of Charlotte Bronte * Observer *
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
