The Brontes A to Z: The Essential Reference to Their Lives and Works

by Lisa Olson Paddock, Carl Rollyson

Book by Paddock, Lisa Olson, Rollyson, Carl

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2003

Reviews

[Salomeja Sandroschvili · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you want a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of any of the Brontës' novels, biographical notes, descriptions of their schools or even the names of their pets you'll find it in this comprehensive book.

[Linds · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's thorough but not very informative. It's mostly a rundown of cursory bios of the girls and synopses of the stories.

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun if you are a Brontephile (and I've got the coffee mug to prove it!), this book has over 500 entries on Bronte trivia. Some articles are more interesting than others--I love the stories about how close Anne and Emily were, how close Charlotte and her father were, and about Haworth and its environs (specifically, how they inspired the geography of Wuthering Heights.) Other entries, like the one on Heathcliff of all people, were surprisingly dry.

This would make great reference material for anyone doing a paper on either the Brontes or their works. Included are highly detailed synopses of all of their novels.

I'm going to continue searching for a prose book about the lives of the Brontes.