Today, more than a century after the death of the three Bront� sisters, the highly individual and poetic flavour of their work attracts an increasing number of readers from all round the world. Phyllis Bentley, herself a Yorkshirewoman and one of the leading authorities on the Bront�s, suggests that their peculiar quality - 'a unique blend of poetry with prose ... of realism with romance' - resulted from the fusion in their natures of their Celtic heredity (an Irish father and a mother from Cornwall) with their ...
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Today, more than a century after the death of the three Bront� sisters, the highly individual and poetic flavour of their work attracts an increasing number of readers from all round the world. Phyllis Bentley, herself a Yorkshirewoman and one of the leading authorities on the Bront�s, suggests that their peculiar quality - 'a unique blend of poetry with prose ... of realism with romance' - resulted from the fusion in their natures of their Celtic heredity (an Irish father and a mother from Cornwall) with their Yorkshire environment. The wild and beautiful moors of the West Riding of Yorkshire which surrounded and isolated Haworth Parsonage, played a vital part in their novels and Emily's masterpiece Wuthering Heights owes both its setting and its characters to the moors. 'Emily, a major poet who is also the author of a superb masterpiece of fiction; Charlotte, a novelist of strong and original genius; Anne, a writer of clear if somewhat pallid talent - it is a remarkable trio to come from one family resident in a remote moorland parish in days when female education had hardly begun, ' concludes Bentley. Phyllis Bentley, who was herself a distinguished novelist, is a former member of the Bront� Society Council. She edited the Heather edition of the Bront� novels, and her critical work includes The Bront�s (1947), The Bront�s and their World (1969) and the PEN booklet, The English Regional Novel .
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This is a pamphlet. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 150grams, ISBN: 0582010047.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This is a pamphlet. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 150grams, ISBN: 0582010047.
