The Illustrated Letters of the Brontës: The letters, diaries and writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne...

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Juliet Gardiner

The Illustrated Letters of the Brontës

The letters, diaries and writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë

Juliet Gardiner

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Batsford
07 April 2021

Autobiography: general; Biography: literary; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

Series: Illustrated Letters

The Illustrated Letters of the Brontes is the story both of the real world of the Brontes at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire moors, and of the imaginary worlds they spun for themselves in their novels and poetry. Wherever possible, their story is told using their own words - the letters they wrote to each other, Emily and Anne's secret diaries, and Emily's exchanges with luminaries of literary England - or those closest to them, such as their brother Branwell, their father Patrick Bronte, and their novelist friend Mrs Gaskell.

The Brontes sketched and painted their worlds too, in delicate ink washes and watercolours of family and friends, animals and the English moors. These pictures illuminate the text as do the tiny drawings the Bronte children made to illustrate their imaginary worlds. In addition, there are facsimiles of their letters and diaries, paintings by artists of the day, and pictures of household life.

It is a unique and privileged view of the real lives of three women, writers and sisters.

By: Juliet Gardiner
Imprint: Batsford
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 250mm,
ISBN: 9781849946605
ISBN 10: 1849946604
Series: Illustrated Letters
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 07 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Juliet Gardiner is a respected commentator on British social history from the Victorian times through to the 1950s. She was editor of 'History Today' magazine and is also author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling 'Wartime'. Her monumental 'The Thirties: An Intimate History' is published by Harper Press in February 2010.