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The Taste Of Sorrow (2009)

by Jude Morgan(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0755338995 (ISBN13: 9780755338993)

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English

genre

Historical Fiction

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review 1: For fans of the Brontës, Jude Morgan’s novel about this enigmatic family is a must read. The American publishers have done Morgan’s atmospheric work a disservice by renaming it Charlotte and Emily because it is indeed about all of the Brontës (in Great Britain it’s more appropriately titled The Taste of Sorrow). With his wistful prose and keenly perceptive dialogue, Morgan beautifully reconstructs the life of this early 19th-century family on the wind-swept moors near Haworth, England. Raised by their father and paternal aunt, fiery brother Branwell and his elusive sisters emerge from a fantasy-filled childhood into a reflective adolescence steeped in troubles and grief. Even in young adulthood, after sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne have published their first nov... moreels (under male pseudonyms, making “the Bell brothers” household names in England and the United States), capricious fortune continues penning its own story for the Brontë family—one tragic enough to have been a Brontë novel itself. (Russ K., Ref.)
review 2: This book took me forever and ever to get into, near on 200 pages! I persevered though and it just clicked eventually and I raced through it, couldn't get enough of the Brontë family! I didn't know they all died so young and that there were originally so many in the family, really sad reading all around. Morgan is a fantastic writer, I see she is writing a book about Shakespeare - will have to look out for it! less

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