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Brontë’s Mistress

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First published: 2020
Pages: 308

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Finola Austin's engrossing book "Brontë’s Mistress" reimagines the scandalous relationship between Branwell Brontë and Lydia Robinson. The story which takes place in Yorkshire in 1843 centers on Lydia Thorp Green Hall's mistress, who longs for a better life. Her son's tutor Branwell Brontë, enters her life and a passionate connection characterized by poetry, music, and theater develops between them.

But Lydia has to defend her honor and reputation from rumors that circulate and hidden information that comes to light. This painstakingly researched book illuminates the story of a brave woman embroiled in a scandal that has split fans of Charlotte Brontë for decades.

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Finola Austin

Finola Austin revisits the Brontë household through Lydia Robinson in Brontë’s Mistress. Lydia's reported relationship with Branwell Brontë entered the family's contested history, and the novel imagines her domestic position, ambitions, resentments, and attraction from 1843 onward.

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