BIOGRAPHIES
Kenyon, Karen Smith

The Brontë Family: Passionate Literary Geniuses

(3) YA Lerner Biographies series. With short chapters, this engaging biography of one of the most famous literary families adeptly relates how the siblings' childhood play, unconventional upbringing, and alcoholic brother influenced their later writing, as well as addressing the many tragedies that befell the family. Black-and-white photos, sketches by the Brontës, and a few reproduced manuscript pages add further interest. Bib., ind.

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