Charlotte Brontë

Raised motherless on remote Yorkshire moors, watching five beloved siblings sicken and die, haunted by unrequited love: Charlotte Brontë's life has all the drama and tragedy of the great Gothic novels it inspired. This biography presents a bold, illuminating account of one of our best-loved novelists. The definitive biography of Charlotte Brontë, written by acclaimed literary biographer Claire Harman, reveals an inner life that touched the furthest extremes of human emotion and traces how Brontë shaped a new kind of heroine that shocked and inspired her Victorian contemporaries. The book also situates Brontë within her astonishingly creative family and shows how her early works emerged in secrecy while she challenged the conventional limits of life and literature. The title has been praised as insightful, readable and intelligent by critics, offering a level-headed, compelling narrative from start to finish. The paperback edition was published on 7 April 2016 and runs to 464 pages.

Claire Harman's portrait of Brontë is both intimate and expansive, presenting a bold new view of a writer whose life and fiction remain deeply interwoven. It explores themes of love, ambition and heartbreak, and demonstrates how Brontë's intense experiences informed her enduring literary legacy.

Kenmerken

• Definitieve biografie van Charlotte Brontë door Claire Harman
• Brontës intense, problematische jeugd en creatieve familie
• Innerlijk leven achter Jane Eyre en andere werken
• Verkenning van liefde, verlies, ambitie en hartstocht
• Prijs en lof: kritisch erkend als inzichtelijk en leesbaar