E15: This Is The Story of Three Girls - The Brontës Part 1
We recorded this one a bit too late to jump on the “Wuthering Heights” movie bandwagon. Nevertheless, Jen hopes that Dave, Tracy, and all of you are still curious about this truly fascinating family. Part one traces the lives of Patrick and Maria Brontë, mother and father to authors Charlotte, Emily, and Anne (and to Maria Jr., Elizabeth, and Branwell). How did this young family of 8 end up in Haworth Parsonge, on the wild Yorshire Moors?
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Dinsdale, A. (2012). Domestic life at Haworth Parsonage. In M. Thormählen (Ed.), The Brontës in Context (pp. 18–27). Cambridge University Press. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/athabasca-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1057464
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