Title: Fantastic
Product review: Unfortunately, the book focuses mainly on Charlotte, but only b/c she wrote the most letters. This is a fantastic edition of the Brontes letters. The letters themselves are so intriguing, it makes one wonder about the letters which have not survived. What would Charlotte, such a brilliant correspondant, have written to Arthur Bell Nicholls, the man who eventually b/c her husband? What would Emily, such a terse correspondant, have written to Charlotte while she was in Brussels. Barker attempts to balance the book by including Emily and Anne's diary papers. Patrick's letters humanize him, and Maria Branwell Bronte's letters are particularly touching.
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