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The essential miscellany for all Bronte fans.

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Did Charlotte Bront‰ take opium? Did the Reverend Bront‰ carry a loaded pistol? What, precisely, does ´wuthering´ mean?

Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the world of the Bront‰s, 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.

Also features ´Jane Eyre abbreviated´ by John Crace, author of the Guardian´s ´Digested Reads´ column - read Charlotte Bront‰´s masterpiece in five minutes!

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´John Sutherland is among the handful of critics whose every book I must have.´
Jay Parini

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