Sutherland also points out other oddities such as farmer Earnshaw's 60 mile journey to Liverpool on foot, and at harvest time. I received this book as a Christmas present off my sister in law last Christmas and since then it has been on one of my many TBR piles around the house. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. It also made me feel slightly sorry for the poor man as I think generally too much was asked from him and he could not cope. For example, his treatment of Mrs Gaskell's description of Charlotte's visit to a phrenologist in London .

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We also get an interesting alternative view of the character of Anne, judging from her insistence on going to Scarborough, where of course she died. Also features 'Jane Eyre abbreviated' by John Crace, author of the Guardian's 'Digested Reads' column - read Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece in five minutes!Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the world of the Brontës, from the bumps on Charlotte's head to the nefarious origins of Mr Rochester's fortune, by way of astral telephony, letterwriting dogs, an exploding peat bog, and much, much more.

Erst einmal: das Buch liest sich wirklich flott weg und hebt sich durch den populärwissenschaftlichen, oft sogar humorvollen Stil erfrischend von den oft fast melodramatischen Werken über die Brontes ab. Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the world of the Brontës, from the bumps on Charlotte's head to the nefarious origins of Mr Rochester's fortune, by way of astral telephony, letterwriting dogs, an exploding peat bog, and much, much more.

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Zudem bedient sich Sutherland überwiegend aus aktuelleren Quellen, kaut nur wenig "altes Zeug" nach, das heute als fragwürdig gilt, und wenn, dann mit einem ironischen Unterton. Did Charlotte Bronte take opium Did the Reverend Bronte carry a loaded pistol What, precisely, does 'wuthering' mean Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland explores these questions and more to reveal the complete world of the Brontes. All in all I enjoyed this book immensely and could not put it down which is unusual for me as I usually struggle with nonfiction books and tend to steer clear of them. Deshalb ist es besonders schade, dass Sutherland so ein paar kleine Dinge doch anscheinend noch nicht recherchiert hat, z. Think how fascinating this would be for students to discuss if only they were given the opportunity to do so.

Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the world of the Brontës, from the bumps on Charlotte’s head to the nefarious origins of Mr Rochester’s fortune, by way of astral telephony, letterwriting dogs, an exploding peat bog, and much, much more. Without these technologies, things like personalised recommendations, your account preferences, or localisation may not work correctly.