In a revised and updated edition, the real story of the Brontë sisters, by distinguished scholar and historian Juliet Barker. The story of the tragic Brontë family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wildly romantic Emily, unrequited Anne, and “poor Charlotte.” Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that — imaginary — created...