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1820s – 1850s: The story of the Bronte sisters told in picture book form
1820s – 1850s: The story of the Bronte sisters told in picture book form
Produced to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Brontë, this book introduces the three extraordinary Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne. We also meet their brother Branwell. With a mix of strong story-telling and wonderful illustration, Mick Manning and Brita Granström relate the sister’s tragically short lives in the remote village of Haworth in the Yorkshire Dales. They explore how the girls were inspired to become writers and the sensation their books caused when people realised they had been written by women.
Each of the sister’s greatest novels, Jane Eyre (Charlotte), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne) and Wuthering Heights (Emily), are simply retold in engaging comic-strip form
Author/Guide: Mick Manning and Brita Granström Destination: Yorkshire, Bronte Country Departure Time: 1800s – 1850s
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