Romancing Miss Bronte
Juliet Gael
2010, 416 pages
Setting: Victorian England
Juliet Gael has created a remarkable fictional work based on the life of Charlotte Bronte. Using scholarly sources, and Charlotte's own letters, the author brings Charlotte and her family to life.
Gael skillfully creates the sisters' personalities using insights provided by the characters from Charlotte's novels and imagining the impact of their father and the alcoholism of their brother on the women.
Historical details are provided to give social context and understanding to the need to publish under pseudonyms, and to understand Charlotte's aversion to Arthur's religious intolerance. Readers of the Bronte's novels will enjoy this insightful fictional look at this remarkable family.
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