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Monday, October 08, 2007

Monday, October 08, 2007 12:06 am by M. in ,    No comments
John Cannon's The History of the Brontë Family. From Ireland to Wuthering Heights reappears now under the title: The Brontës: A Family History.
  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750948086
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750948081

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What was the nature of the Brontes' strange genius? Where did it spring from and what inspired it? Patrick Bronte, father of the Bronte sisters, came from Ireland, changing his name from Brunty to Bronte when he won a scholarship to Cambridge. His children never met their Irish relatives and Patrick was deliberately vague about his origins: because of this little has been known about the family's Irish background. Yet it was a huge influence in their lives and in their works. The Bronte family's story is every bit as strange and romantic as those penned by the sisters in their classic novels.

As we published some time ago, Sean Cannon is preparing a script for a play based on this work.

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