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by jc_hall , Jun 12 '05
Pros: it's about the Brontes; points an accusing finger at the intriguing Arthur Bell Nicholls
Cons: superhuman effort required to suspend disbelief; many assertions offensive to most right-minded people
I tend to choose my reading matter quite carefully, so it’s not often I feel like chucking a book across the room, but I came close to doing so with this one. In fact, after one particularly ridiculous assertion by the author, I put the book down, ...
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by kskopitz , May 17 '00
Pros: Interesting thesis
Cons: Distracting narrative structure
I was very eager to read this novel--waited a year for my local library to get it in (okay, I'm cheap). The author posits that the Bronte story as is typically known is just too good to be true, and starts poking holes through the thin cloth of myth...
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by Aril , Mar 25 '00
Pros: Good format, very convincing
Cons: A little slow at points
Never having known the history of the Bronte's, I was intrigued by the idea of this novel. James Tully is a criminologist who presents his findings on the Bronte sisters in the form of a diary of the Bronte's housekeeper. Within this memoir, many very...
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