{"product_id":"charlotte-bronte-biography-9780241963661","title":"Charlotte Bronte Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of an extraordinary novelist, by acclaimed literary biographer Claire Harman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''There was no possibility of taking a walk that day . . .'' With these words Charlotte Brontë began Jane Eyre and changed English literature irrevocably.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Harman''s landmark biography provides a bold new view of one of Britain''s best loved writers, uncovering an inner life that touched the furthest extremes of human emotion.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarman shows us an intense and troubled young woman from an astonishingly creative family, whose early works were produced in total secrecy. Struggling against the conventional limitations of both life and literature, Charlotte created a new kind of heroine which both shocked and inspired her Victorian contemporaries. Love, loss, ambition and heartbreak: the anonymous author poured everything into her ground-breaking books, but lived it first.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Harman [is] a master-storyteller in her own right. Her account of Bronte''s life is a level-headed, highly readable and always intelligent. A delight from start to finish'' Sunday Times    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Subtle, measured. Full of insight into Bronte''s fiery intellect as well as the tragic intensity of her experience'' Helen Dunmore, Observer    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Three rounds of applause... a superb retelling of Charlotte''s story'' Mark Bostridge, Spectator  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarman's sane, unshowy re-telling is exactly right for the bicentenary next\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eApril.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe result is a retooled classic biographical narrative, shipshape and serviceable for the next 200 years\u003c\/b\u003e * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinely judged and authoritative\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times Book of the Week *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElegantly written, consistently perceptive...[Harman] succeeds in bringing Charlotte back to life in all her spiky vulnerability\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail Book of the Week *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a comprehensive biography to enjoy and admire. Harman writes well and she is a fine and sensitive critic\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eHarman... portrays Bronte's complexity and dark genius in \u003cb\u003eelegant prose with deep human sympathy\u003c\/b\u003e * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb retelling of Charlotte's story (...) admirably concise\u003c\/b\u003e * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eHarman tells [Charlotte's] story with \u003cb\u003equick wit, a sharp sympathy, and a fire and fury of her own\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of pleasing and piquant detail, \u003c\/b\u003escraps of passing recollection assembled from the various lives and letters in which the Brontes featured and from which we might reconstruct their world * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElegant, sensitive, beautifully paced and moving. [Claire Harman] has... produced a work that is affirmative, edifying, inspiring and humane\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevelatory (...) adds freshness and texture to her account with original speculations. \u003c\/b\u003eAs someone who once wrote a book about the Brontës' afterlives, few people can have read as many biographies of them as I have.\u003cb\u003e I thought I was Brontë-ed out, but reading this book-which will be equally accessible to someone coming to Charlotte for the first time-has drawn me back in\u003c\/b\u003e * Lucasta Miller, The Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree rounds of applause...for Claire Harman's superb retelling of Charlotte's story\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mark Bostridge, The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[An] excellent new bicentennial biography....Ms. Harman writes with warmth and a fine understanding of Ms. Brontë's literary significance. Above all, she is a storyteller, with a sense of pace and timing, relish for a good scene and a wry sense of humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vigorous new biography (...) Harman does a splendid job\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn immensely readable biography\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman and Home *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA substantial biography (...) that lets the disparate pieces speak for themselves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarman renders her daring novels fresh, interweaving what shocked critics then with what surprises us still\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrepare to suffer similar time-loss at the hands of Harman\u003c\/b\u003e, Brontë's most recent biographer and a master storyteller in her own right. Level-headed, highly readable and always intelligent, Harman's account of Brontë's life and work is \u003cb\u003ea delight from start to finish\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA subtle, measured biography\u003c\/b\u003e, full of insight into Bronte's fiery intellect as well as the tragic intensity of her experience -- Helen Dunmore, Observer\u003cbr\u003eHarman brings a fresh eye to many of the same papers studied by Gaskell to compile her \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Brontë: A Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Gothic atmosphere and heart-breaking details remain, but \u003cb\u003eHarman achieves a great feat by making the story seem new again\u003c\/b\u003e -- Marcus Field, Independent","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733393256791,"sku":"9780241963661","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241963661.jpg?v=1719999992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/charlotte-bronte-biography-9780241963661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}