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Synopsis
In this biography with a twist, Claire O'Callaghan conjures a new image of Emily Bront and rehabilitates her reputation by exploring the themes of her life and work. What we discover is that she was, in fact, a thoroughly modern woman.
Emily Bront occupies a special place in the English literary canon. And rightly so: the incomparable Wuthering Heights is a novel that has bewitched us for almost 200 years, and the character of Heathcliff is, perhaps, the ultimate romantic hero, and villain. But Emily herself remains an enigmatic figure, often portrayed as awkward, as a misanthrope, as no normal being. That's the conventional wisdom on Emily as a person, but is it accurate, is it fair?
And now, in the 21st century, it's time for the real Emily Bronte to please stand up.
Synopsis
A biography with a twist about Emily Bront , the subject of major 2022 film, Emily.
Bront scholar Claire O'Callaghan conjures a new image of Emily Bront and rehabilitates her reputation by exploring the themes of her life and work. We discover that Emily was a thoroughly modern woman.
Emily Bront occupies a special place in the English literary canon. And rightly so: the incomparable Wuthering Heights is a novel that has bewitched us for almost 200 years, and the character of Heathcliff is, perhaps, the ultimate romantic hero--and villain. But Emily herself remains an enigmatic figure, often portrayed as awkward, as a misanthrope, as no normal being. That's the conventional wisdom on Emily as a person, but is it accurate? Is it fair?
It's time for the real Emily Bront to please stand up.
Synopsis
Revised edition of this biography with a twist about Emily Bront , the subject of major film Emily starring Emma Mackey.
Bront scholar Claire O'Callaghan conjures a new image of Emily Bront and rehabilitates her reputation by exploring the themes of her life and work. We discover that Emily was a thoroughly modern woman.
Emily Bront occupies a special place in the English literary canon. And rightly so: the incomparable Wuthering Heights is a novel that has bewitched us for almost 200 years, and the character of Heathcliff is, perhaps, the ultimate romantic hero--and villain. But Emily herself remains an enigmatic figure, often portrayed as awkward, as a misanthrope, as no normal being. That's the conventional wisdom on Emily as a person, but is it accurate? Is it fair?
It's time for the real Emily Bront to please stand up.
Synopsis
A biography with a twist about Emily Bront , the subject of major 2023 film Emily starring Emma Mackey.Emily Bront occupies a special place in the English literary canon. And rightly so: the incomparable
Wuthering Heights is a novel that has bewitched us for almost 200 years, and the character of Heathcliff is seen by some as the ultimate romantic hero--and villain. But Emily herself remains an enigmatic figure, often portrayed as awkward, volatile, as a misanthrope, as "no normal being." That's the conventional wisdom on Emily as a person, but is it accurate, is it fair?
In this biography with a twist, Claire O'Callaghan conjures a new image of Emily and rehabilitates her reputation by exploring the themes of her life and work--her feminism, her passion for the natural world--as well as the art she has inspired, and even the "fake news" stories about her. What do we really know about her romantic life, for example, or about who and what inspired her characters and stories?
What we discover is that Emily was, in fact, a thoroughly modern woman. So now, two centuries on, it's time for the real Emily Bront to step forward.