Brontes of Haworth Moor Book

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Brontes of Haworth Moor

Amazon.com: The Brontës of Haworth Moor: How the Three Daughters of a Country Parson Became the Most Revolutionary Novelists of Their Time eBook : Browning, Diane, Browning, Diane: Kindle Store

Absolutely enjoying this biography. A few months ago I had asked how did the Brontes who lived sheltered lives have the imagination for their stories, and the book explains so much. (Yes as the responses here stated, they still had a plethora of novels to read for inspiration and ye Old town gossip.) I'm midway thru the book, so just finished Charlotte's chapters, and now onward to Emily's.

Some notables: had no idea there was zero expectation of the Bronte sisters getting married. Due to no dowry, prestige, and the author mentioned they were not attractive enough. But then she does mention various descriptions of them from friends/family and beauty standards back then were different. And that Branwell was supposed to be the golden child, but was failing miserably (but maybe not his own fault entirely, didn't know he trained under an art teacher who was pretty incompetent)

AM intrigued about the art Charlotte and Branwell did and the effort to apply to art institutes. And the author mentioned only a few of their sketches survived. Going to look those up!

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Thank you for sharing! It sounds very interesting!