Emily's Ghost : A Novel of the Bronte Sisters (Hardcover) 9780393069150

from rwilliab

A beautifully imagined and poignant fictional account of the lives of the Bronte sisters, focusing (as is evident from the title) on Emily and on how her life on the Yorkshire moors shaped her every thought and action, very like Cathy in Wuthering Heights. The end is especially satisfying and tou...

from Carolee888

There is an important question that you must ask yourself when deciding to read this book. Is it alright with you for a historical fiction author take what seems to be evidence of a friendship and turn it into a love story? How far can an author go with inventing the story? I was aware of the con...

from Kasthu

Set in the bleak landscape of the Yorkshire moors in the 1840s, Emily's Ghost is the story of the Bronte sisters, but especially Emily. The girls' father hires a curate named William Weightman, a young man with radical beliefs who becomes very popular with the ladies of Haworth village. Although ...

from susanbevans

Emily's Ghost is well-written and simply beautiful. I found myself easily and deliciously lost in the world of the Brontë sisters almost immediately upon picking up the book. From the breathtaking descriptions of the moors to the Victorian boarding school, Emily's Ghost is full of the Gothic elem...

from susanbevans

Emily's Ghost is well-written and simply beautiful. I found myself easily and deliciously lost in the world of the Brontë sisters almost immediately upon picking up the book. From the breathtaking descriptions of the moors to the Victorian boarding school, Emily's Ghost is full of the Gothic elem...