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The Five Bronte-est Things That Happened in Claire Harman’s Biography of Charlotte Brontë

Note: I received an electronic galley of Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart from the publisher for review consideration. Sometimes when you read books about the olden days, you feel nostalgic and affectionate like maybe you would have liked to live back in those days and make your own butter and play whist with the other families in the neighborhood. Books by and about the Brontës do not have this effect. Claire Harman’s Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart primarily made me feel fortunate for living in an age and area that offer me a near-infinitude of life choices. It’s hard to…

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