This book explores the Bront siblings growing up with maternaldeprivation and loss, and how this affected their development both aschildren and as adults. It examines how their sibling rivalry led todisharmony and separation, where each of the surviving childrenbecame isolated and separated into their own personalities and beliefs. Research into sibling rivalry is referenced from modern studies andthe structure of the family. The importance of each persons position inthe pecking order is shown to reflect on their behaviour andinteraction within the family and the outside world. There is particularfocus on the eldest and the youngest in the family hierarchy. The author examines the relationships between the four younger Brontsiblings and how Charlottes role and behaviour changed whenshe suddenly became the eldest child. There is a detailed look at theposition and expectations of AnneBront, as the youngest sibling andleast expected to excel. There is an examination of her novels, hymnsand poetry and reference to possible autobiography and also to hercrises of faith. Annes last illness and death are particularly highlighted to tryand explain her final separation, physically and metaphorically, fromher home and family. The irony of her burial in a place known asParadise and her longing to gain a heaven with her family, isespecially discussed as a consequence of her overbearing eldest sisterscharacter, beliefs and behaviour. This book is not a criticism or discussion of the...

Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd; Classification: HBG; Weight: 600 g; Dimensions: 165 x 242 x 29

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