The Brontes: A Life in Letters - Hardcover

Charlotte, Branwell, Anne, Emily and their father Patrick were avid letter writers all their lives. This is a marvellous collection of their letters from childhood to their deaths and covers correspondence and diary entries to each other and their wide circle of friends.The letters give a unique insight into the characters of this remarkable family, encompassing the whole range of emotions and effectively dispelling the myth that all was doom and gloom in the Bronte household. This collection is superior to other Bronte selections in that it includes letters from every member of the Bronte family, together with quotations from supporting primary sources, such as relevant Bronte diary papers and first hand accounts in local newspapers.

Juliet Barker was born in Yorkshire and has lived within a few miles of Haworth all her life. From 1983 to 1989 she worked as the curator and librarian of the Bronte Parsonage Museum. She is the author of several books on the Brontes and is a regular contributor to radio and television. She is currently working on a major new biography of William Wordsworth and his friends and family.