The ​Brontë Cabinet 1 csillagozás

Three Lives in Nine Objects
Deborah Lutz: The Brontë Cabinet

In ​this unique and lovingly detailed biography of a literary family that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontës through the things they wore, stitched, wrote on, and inscribed. By unfolding the histories of the meaningful objects in their family home in Haworth, Lutz immerses readers in a nuanced re-creation of the sisters' daily lives while moving us chronologically forward through the major biographical events: the death of their mother and two sisters, the imaginary kingdoms of their childhood writing, their time as governesses, and their determined efforts to make a mark on the literary world.

From the miniature books they made as children to the blackthorn walking sticks they carried on solitary hikes on the moors, each personal possession opens a window onto the sisters' world, their beloved fiction, and the Victorian era. A description of the brass collar… (tovább)

Róluk szól: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë

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W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2015
310 oldal · keménytáblás · ISBN: 9780393240085

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