The Fatal Secret of the Brontë Sisters
28 hrs. 21 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Ekaterina Mitrofanova
Author
Ekaterina Mitrofanova
Narrator
Irina Vorobyova
Narrator
Irina Vorobyova
Description
The Brontë sisters phenomenon is truly unique in the history of English literature. Like Janus with two faces, nature granted the daughters of the provincial pastor Patrick—Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848), and Anne (1820–1849)—a generous gift for writing, but it never gave any of them the possibility to have an heir. Patrick’s Brontë line ended with him, because he himself was destined to outlive all his many household members. Where does the riddle of such merciless and incomprehensible machinations of cruel Fate lie? The author of this book tries to lift the veil on this terrible secret.
“The Fatal Secret of the Brontë Sisters”
The only novel in Russia about the life and work of the famous English writers and poets Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, the authors of the novels “Jane Eyre,” “Wuthering Heights,” and “Agnes Grey,” as well as wonderful poems and verses. The book contains many interesting details about the talented family of writers mentioned only in some scholarly works published at the end of the 19th century and virtually unknown today. Thus, we learn that the story described in “Jane Eyre” was taken from real life, and that the events underlying the novel “The Headless Horseman” by Mayne Reid were based on things that actually happened to the younger brother of the girls’ father, Hugh Brontë. In Ekaterina Mitrofanova’s book, the story of the Brontë family is presented in an original artistic form: the shades of style characteristic of the sisters themselves are reproduced, and the core ideology of their works is reflected. Here you can find allusions to “Jane Eyre,” “The Town” (“Villette,” Charlotte Brontë) and “Wuthering Heights” (Emily Brontë). Alongside the Brontë sisters themselves and other members of their family, the heroines of their works also act. The genre of the novel itself is also interesting: the author of the magazine “Terra—Book Club,” Ekaterina Suslina, defined it as a historical-biographical novel and a mystical thriller. The book made it into the seven best-selling titles of “Terra—Book Club.” A second edition was released in 2008.
“Literary Gazette,” No. 4(5), 2010
“The Fatal Secret of the Brontë Sisters”
The only novel in Russia about the life and work of the famous English writers and poets Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, the authors of the novels “Jane Eyre,” “Wuthering Heights,” and “Agnes Grey,” as well as wonderful poems and verses. The book contains many interesting details about the talented family of writers mentioned only in some scholarly works published at the end of the 19th century and virtually unknown today. Thus, we learn that the story described in “Jane Eyre” was taken from real life, and that the events underlying the novel “The Headless Horseman” by Mayne Reid were based on things that actually happened to the younger brother of the girls’ father, Hugh Brontë. In Ekaterina Mitrofanova’s book, the story of the Brontë family is presented in an original artistic form: the shades of style characteristic of the sisters themselves are reproduced, and the core ideology of their works is reflected. Here you can find allusions to “Jane Eyre,” “The Town” (“Villette,” Charlotte Brontë) and “Wuthering Heights” (Emily Brontë). Alongside the Brontë sisters themselves and other members of their family, the heroines of their works also act. The genre of the novel itself is also interesting: the author of the magazine “Terra—Book Club,” Ekaterina Suslina, defined it as a historical-biographical novel and a mystical thriller. The book made it into the seven best-selling titles of “Terra—Book Club.” A second edition was released in 2008.
“Literary Gazette,” No. 4(5), 2010
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