"In this biography I have deliberately chosen to write about the whole Brontë family, hoping that this will redress the balance and enable the reader to see the Brontës as they lived, not in isolation, but as a tightly knit group. I am well aware that some members of the household are more prominent than others. Aunt Branwell and Tabby Aykroyd, despite my best endeavors, remain mere ciphers. Regrettably, Emily and Anne are also shadowy figures. This is the inevitable result of lack of biographical information but it is, I think, preferable to fanciful interpretation of their fiction. Virginia Moore's misreading of 'Love's Farewell' as 'Louis Parensell', resulting in an elaborate theory about Emily's secret lover, is a dire warning as to where such a method can lead.

The Brontë story has always been riddled with myths."

The Brontës, Juliet Barker

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