Reading Group Discussion Guide

1. How did so many geniuses come to be born in one family?
2. Did the suffering and seclusion of the Brontës make them who they were, or did they triumph despite their suffering?
3. Why has no one written a great Brontë novel until now?
4. Do the film/TV adaptations improve on or take away from their story – and the stories they wrote?
5. Would you say the Brontës had an unusually strong bond or do they behave like typical siblings in the novel?

FURTHER READING

PASSION – Jude Morgan

POSSESSION: A ROMANCE – AS Byatt

A SECRET ALCHEMY – Emma Darwin

THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË – Elizabeth  Gaskell

JANE EYRE – Charlotte Brontë

VILLETTE – Charlotte Brontë

SHIRLEY – Charlotte Brontë

THE PROFESSOR – Charlotte Brontë

WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Emily Brontë

AGNES GREY – Anne Brontë

THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL – Anne Brontë

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