The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë | Daphne Du Maurier

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Patrick Branwell Bronte has always been the least well known, yet in his early life he showed equal promise, being the main inspiration or â€œGenius Branniiâ€œ of their early literary exploits.

I'm not convinced the evidence is strong enough that Branwell could claim even part credit for Wuthering Heights, but I did find Du Maurier's hypothesis about the rumoured love affair with the wife of his employer, being a cover story made sense. 3.5 ðŸŒŸ

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readordierachel

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë | Daphne Du Maurier

I couldn't resist these covers. Spent approximately $5. I'm pretty jazzed. #bookhaul

MaleficentBookDragon That is the cover of Wuthering Heights that I had in high school. â™¥ 6y

readordierachel @MaleficentBookDragon Aww, that's so cool! 6y

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Aimeesue Ooooh, lovely! I have a couple of those editions of du Maurier books too. They're really nice. 6y

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readordierachel @cobwebmoth @Aimeesue @saresmoore @DivineDiana @batsy @mrp27 @UwannaPublishme @LeahBergen @Tanisha_A @youneverarrived It was a very lucky day! 6y

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The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë | Daphne Du Maurier

I read for the same reason that I ate or drank because it was a real craving of nature

~ Patrick Branwell Bronte

#Bronte

LeahBergen

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë | Daphne Du Maurier

#Addiction

@batsy and @saresmoore are currently reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and the Litsy conversations have reminded me of this oldie that I bought a few weeks ago. Branwell Bronte started out as the "genius" of the Bronte siblings but his alcoholism and opium addiction led to his early death at age 31.

#AndItsAugust

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batsy Oh wow, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Stacked! 7y

saresmoore Wonderful! I mean, the book, not the tragic story... Thank you for sharing! 7y

rubyslippersreads I read this years ago; might be time for a reread. But not till after

Penguin English Library the Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads @saresmoore @batsy Maybe we can all do a buddy read of it ... one day. ðŸ˜† 7y

ValerieAndBooks I didn't know duMaurier did non-fiction! 7y

tpixie @LeahBergen maybe add me too!! To prepare for a Bookclub book, I read The Tenant & Agnes Grey - Anne Deserves more praise. And poor Branwell They were all talented artists to. BranWells portrait with himself erased out of it is very tellingâ€¦ @batsy @saresmoore @rubyslippersreads

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rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @saresmoore @batsy @tpixie A buddy read sounds great! 7y

tpixie @ValerieAndBooks I was surprised to see that too. This year for #LitsyBookClub I read

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batsy @rubyslippersreads @saresmoore @LeahBergen @tpixie Sounds like a plan! For early 2018? ðŸ˜† ðŸ™ˆ 7y

saresmoore @batsy ðŸ‘ðŸ™ƒ 7y

LeahBergen @batsy Yep! ðŸ˜†ðŸ˜† 7y

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