#ChristmasPicks Founder Peter Owen is enthusiastic about The Brontës in Brussels by Helen MacEwan, a lavishly illustrated book about the time Emily and Charlotte Brontë spent learning languages in Belgium, five years before both became best-selling authors. The visit was pivotal for the sisters. Charlotte fell deeply and unrequitedly in love with married and unavailable teacher Constantin Heger, and her novels The Professor and Villette drew on her Brussels experiences. Charlottes highly emotional letters to Heger were in 1913 donated by his descendants to the British Museum and caused a minor scandal on publication. MacEwans book draws on these moving the letters, explores the way Villette reflects Charlottes experiences, and examines in detail the sisters foreign adventure. A compelling read. amazon.co.uk/dp/0720615887/ref=nosim?tag=peterowenfb-21
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:03:59 +0000
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