In Search of Anne Brontë (2016) by Nick Holland. An honourable mention must go to Selected Letters edited by Margaret Smith. It’s the Brontës in their own words, stripped of all the mythology that surrounds the family to this day. A selection of letters written by and to the Brontës. The Brontës: A Life in Letters (1997) edited by Juliet Barker. To put it bluntly, you can’t know the Brontës without this book, and you’d be a fool not to invest in it. The definitive Brontë biography contains information on just about every aspect of their lives. Sadly, some of these texts are now out of print, but can easily be purchased through second-hand booksellers. If you’re serious about the Brontës you could do worse than investing in a few of these titles. To qualify the books simply had to be entirely about the Brontës (there is one exception which you can read about below) and I’ve included several fictional texts on the basis that they do provide information about the siblings’ early writings and lives. This post features a list of 30 books about the Brontës which have been particularly useful or enlightening during my research on the family over the years.
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