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The Bronte Cabinet - Three Lives in Nine Objects (Hardcover)
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The Bronte Cabinet - Three Lives in Nine Objects (Hardcover)
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The story of the Brontes is told through the things they wore,
stitched, wrote on and inscribed at the parsonage in Haworth. From
Charlotte's writing desk and the manuscripts it contained to the
brass collar worn by Emily's dog, Keeper, each object opens a
window onto the sisters' world, their fiction and the Victorian
era. By unfolding the histories of the things they used, the
chapters form a chronological biography of the family. A walking
stick evokes Emily's solitary hikes on the moors and the stormy
heath-itself a character in Wuthering Heights. Charlotte's bracelet
containing Anne and Emily's intertwined hair gives voice to her
grief over their deaths. These possessions pull us into their daily
lives: the imaginary kingdoms of their childhood writing, their
time as governesses and their stubborn efforts to make a mark on
the world.
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